Subject: Re: X11 server patch
To: David Carrel <carrel@cisco.com>
From: Mark Davies <mark@Comp.VUW.AC.NZ>
List: port-hp300
Date: 08/15/1994 10:18:24
	From:  David Carrel <carrel@cisco.com>
	Date:  Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:27:08 -0700

> obviously you've found the same bug that I am chasing.  Unfortunately, I
> made the same patch that you posted and my server still crashes.  I found
> that checking that pGC->tile.pixmap is not NULL helps somewhat, but
> occasionally I get to this same point and pGC->tile.pixmap = 1.

Checking that pGC->tile.pixmap is not NULL is not the fix as any time this bit 
of code is executed there should be a valid pGC->tile.  It sounds like its 
getting munged somewhere before this stage.  Can either of you give me a 
repeatable case that trips this bug.

cheers
mark


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