On 712535970 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
"Michael G. Schabert" wrote:
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>alpha#cd /usr/X11R6/bin
>alpha# X
>Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>alpha# ls *.core
>-rw-------  1 root  wheel  18613120 Nov  2 12:04 XalphaNetBSD.core
>alpha# gdb XalphaNetBSD XalphaNetBSD.core
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>This GDB was configured as "alpha--netbsd"...(no debugging symbols found)...
>Core was generated by `XalphaNetBSD'.
>Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
>Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so...done.
>Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.0...done.
>Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.0...done.
>Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.12...done.
>#0  0x12000dc48 in dladdr ()
>(gdb) bt
>#0  0x12000dc48 in dladdr ()
>(gdb)

Hmmm, this looks more like a problem with the X binary itself,
because at that stage it is trying to open shared objects---not
trying to configure the screen.

What version of NetBSD are you using?

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