From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16064 invoked by alias); 23 Sep 2010 15:56:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 16052 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Sep 2010 15:56:06 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,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; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:56:01 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.12]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 23 Sep 2010 16:55:56 +0100 Message-ID: <4C9B789C.40101@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:56:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: SIGSEGV in xorg-1.8.2.0 during -resize operation References: <4C992C74.7080708@cs.umass.edu> <4C9B51CD.9060701@dronecode.org.uk> <4C9B563D.9060607@cs.umass.edu> <4C9B5A6A.6020901@dronecode.org.uk> <4C9B6A43.7080200@cs.umass.edu> In-Reply-To: <4C9B6A43.7080200@cs.umass.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: 2010-09/txt/msg00063.txt.bz2 On 23/09/2010 15:54, Eliot Moss wrote: > So, some (good? but at least interesting) news: > > The version of the Intel GMA Drivers affects whether > the bad behavior happens. > > These are GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) drivers > for Windows 7 / Vista x64 for the Intel 4 Series Express > chipset. The releases are numbers 8.15.10.nnnn, where > nnnn is what I will use to distinguish each one. > > 2202 (most recent) fails > 2189 (latest send around by Windows Update) fails > 2182 I have not yet tested > 2104 works! > 2021 probably also works (did before), but not explicitly tested > > The good thing is that I can now work with less > annoyance. The bad thing is that I can't use the > latest drivers. > > Let me know if there is anything I can do to help push > XWin forward in handling whatever "new" it is that the > Intel drivers are doing. I've uploaded a new test build at [1] Hopefully this handles this error condition a bit more gracefully. Perhaps you could try it out? [1] ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/XWin.20100923-git-2172af4d1ea713f1.exe.bz2 -- 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/