[ANNOUNCEMENT] Server Test 92

Harold L Hunt II huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Jul 29 03:55:00 GMT 2003


I would like some feedback as to whether or not this release fixes any 
crashing with -multiwindow and -clipboard.

Harold

Harold L Hunt II wrote:

> Links:
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> I just posted Test 92 to the server development page:
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/shadow/
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> You can install the Test 92 package via setup.exe by selecting the
> following version of the XFree86-xserv package:        4.2.0-43
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> Server Test Series binary and source code releases are now
> available via the sources.redhat.com ftp mirror network
> (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) in the
> pub/cygwin/xfree/devel/shadow/ directory.  You may wish to note the
> desired filename in the links below, then download from your
> closest mirror (http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html).
> 
> Server binary, direct link:
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/shadow/XWin-Test92.exe.bz2 (1210 KiB)
> 
> Server source, direct link:
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/shadow/xwin-20030728-2010.tar.bz2 (118
> KiB)
> 
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xwin (all files) diff against Test91 source code:
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/shadow/xwin-Test91-to-Test92.diff
> (9 KiB)
> 
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> Changes:
> 
> 1) winconfig.c - Add new defaults for keyboardlayout: German
> (Switzerland) and English (USA, International).  (Alexander
> Gottwald)
> 
> 2) XWin.rc - Move Exit button to the bottom of the tray icon's menu.
> (List suggestion)
> 
> 3) winmultiwindowclass.c - Add checks for NULL pointers.  Should help
> fix some crashes in MultiWindow mode.  (Ralf Habacker)
> 
> 4) General - Add global variable that tracks whether XInitThreads ()
> has been called so that it is only called once per process.  Calling
> XInitThreads multiple times may have been contributing to crashes.
> (Harold L Hunt II)
> 
> Enjoy,
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> Harold
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