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RE: Sound makes cygwin/xfree86 lock up


I'd like Joe and Tom to try Test54, as I have included the change described
below in this build.

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/shadow/

Thanks,

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Harold Hunt
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:01 AM
> To: bozackt1@ridgecrest.ca.us; Perches, Joe
> Cc: cygx
> Subject: RE: Sound makes cygwin/xfree86 lock up
>
>
> Tom,
>
> I changed xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xwin/winkeybd.c/winKeybdBell() to the
> following a few weeks ago:
>   /*
>    * We can't use Beep () here because it uses the PC speaker
>    * on NT/2000.  MessageBeep (MB_OK) will play the default system
>    * sound on systems with a sound card or it will beep the PC speaker
>    * on systems that do not have a sound card.
>    */
>   MessageBeep (MB_OK);
>
> The previous function called Beep (), which doesn't really work, according
> to the message that I put in above.
>
> You could make the function do nothing and see if that helps.  I
> assume that
> you know how to compile Cygwin/XFree86 (if not, see the Contributor's
> Guide).
>
> As for XDMCP stability, I and several other people (probably over
> hundreds)
> use XDMCP all the time without any stability problems.  Is there anything
> strange about your machine (low RAM, weird NIC (possibly token ring?), or
> are you running under Windows 95 or have you had lots of software
> installed
> and uninstalled on your machine (that can cause DLL mismatches,
> etc.)).  You
> could always visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and install all
> updates available (that will take several reboots) to see if that helps.
>
> Anyhow, I have to go,
>
> Harold
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Bozack [mailto:bozackt1@ridgecrest.ca.us]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:31 PM
> > To: Perches, Joe
> > Cc: 'huntharo@msu.edu'
> > Subject: Re: Sound makes cygwin/xfree86 lock up
> >
> >
> > I have no insight into how to debug this problem.  However, I have
> > notices that it has the appearance of a massive memory leak.  Whatever
> > triggers the problem causes system memory to be rapidly used up at which
> > point xfree86 becomes unresponsive.  If left in that state xfree86 will
> >   sometimes crash with a segmentation fault.
> >
> > I hope someone can figure out how to fix the problem.  As it is xfree86
> > using xdmcp isn't stable enough on my systems for routine use.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Perches, Joe wrote:
> > > I have an identical problem, and can't figure it out.
> > > I've looked through the X code looking for how "ctrl-g"
> > > bells are forwarded, but don't see why it's failing.
> > >
> > > I've looked round through the xfree 86 code and don't
> > > see a particular failure mode.
> > >
> > > Do either of you have a debugging methodology I should
> > > follow to trace down this?
> >
> >
> >
>


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