From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2676 invoked by alias); 9 Aug 2010 22:02:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 2523 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Aug 2010 22:02:57 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:02:52 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.6]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Aug 2010 23:02:49 +0100 Message-ID: <4C607B0B.4000401@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:02:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: ryanjohn@ece.cmu.edu Subject: Re: SIGSEGV in xorg-1.8.2.0 during -resize operation References: <4C606FBA.90704@ece.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4C606FBA.90704@ece.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-08/txt/msg00059.txt.bz2 On 09/08/2010 22:14, Ryan Johnson wrote: > I was overjoyed to see that the release notes for the new X server release > mention support for resizing the X desktop with the windows desktop. > > Unfortunately, it didn't work :( > > I modified the xwin windows shortcut to run as follows: >> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe -- -resize You need to quote the entire command you are passing to bash after -c i.e, try C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startxwin.exe -- -resize" > Then started the server at 1920x1200x32bpp while my ThinkPad was attached to > an external LCD. > > When I detached the monitor to leave the office, X disappeared with signal 11 > (log attached). Oddly, the log file didn't mention -resize as an argument to > XWin, but it did attempt to resize so I assume the feature was active. There have been some reports of the X server segfaulting when the resolution changed, prior the addition of -resize support. This is something which also needs to be fixed. > Note that, for reasons I've never understood, ThinkPad's resolution switching > utility always switches through 3-4 resolutions on its way to a new setting; > that might have something to do with the problem. The final resolution should > have been 1400x1050x16bpp. > > I'm also attaching cygcheck's output and the .stackdump file in case they are > helpful. > > Thoughts? Never assume! :-) -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/