IIRC Martin (?) did some signal-related fixes after 4.2.0 was
imported. Can you try to compile & run with never xsrc/xfree?

Jaromir

Patrick Welche wrote:
> Maybe this is a clue to the preceived instability of XF4.2?
> 
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x4824b2a7 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.12
> #1  0x806cf4d in ddxGiveUp ()
> #2  0x806cfe6 in AbortDDX ()
> #3  0x80d402c in AbortServer ()
> #4  0x80d531d in FatalError ()
> #5  0x807ef51 in xf86SigHandler ()
> #6  0xbfbfdfdc in ?? ()
> #7  0x81fe471 in ?? ()
> #8  0x80e1080 in FontFileOpenFont ()
> #9  0x80cbfe2 in doOpenFont ()
> #10 0x80cc357 in OpenFont ()
> #11 0x80b1277 in ProcOpenFont ()
> #12 0x80afdd9 in Dispatch ()
> #13 0x80bfd51 in main ()
> #14 0x806bbb0 in ___start ()
> 
> I just hit return in netscape - never thought opening a font would be the
> cause of XFree to core dump..
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patrick
> 


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