Re: gv kills X server
From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.invalid)
Date: 09/10/05
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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:30:08 GMT
On comp.os.linux.x, in <4322f828@epflnews.epfl.ch>, "Stephan
Walter" wrote:
> Hi colx,
>
> I have this postscript file that crashes the X server when
> viewed in gv.
>
> http://stephan.walter.name/files/gmp.ps
>
> First I thought it to be a problem with my graphic card driver,
> as I was getting lockup errors[1]. But then I tried it on
> another machine with a different driver and the same thing
> happened.
>
> The ps file was generated by neato from the graphviz
> package. I'm running a recent Debian on my main machine and a
> slightly outdated Ubuntu on the other box.
>
> Can anyone reproduce this bug?
(ie. please download the file
> and load it in gv)
Not a chance. I wouldn't even download a file known to
crash critical software.
> And what should I do
Don't try to view ps files generated with neato from the graphviz
package with gv.
> to report it somewhere
> (I assume it's a problem with the X server, but it might also
> be caused by some kernel or driver bug).
Maybe it's a problem with the only app that produces ps files
that crash the xserver when you try to view them with gv.
> The X server log
> doesn't show anything related to this problem.
Yet another clue.
How many more do you need?
>
> -Stephan Walter
>
>
> [1] my errors were similar to those reported by other people:
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0503.0/2310.html
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%23204343
It is not the responsibility of the maintainers of time-tested
applications to modify them in order to accomodate any new
software that comes along. It's the other way around.
AC
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