Re: macppc, XFree86, -current, lack of magic

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 11, 2008, at 17:41, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:

> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:41:43AM -0400, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> > Yeah, the module loader is broken on powerpc - it doesn't work  
> > with the new
> > malloc routine in libc - it expects malloc to return memory chunks  
> > close
> > enough together that 24bit relocs always work, something that was  
> > true with
> > the old malloc.
> > Xorg doesn't have this problem.
> > So, please try pkgsrc/x11/modular-xorg, it /should/ just work on  
> > pretty
> > much any Mac, the only graphics hardware that might not work are  
> > ancient,
> > proprietary Apple onboard graphics chips ( /chaos/control and  
> > friends )
> > If you really need XFree86 there's a workaround - you can build a  
> > libc with
> > the old malloc with relatively little hassle.
>
> Okay, I went the pkgsrc modular xorg route.
>
> It's now segfaulting in Xorg with a
> backtrace that's something like this:
>
> 0 dlsym()
> 1 DLFindSymbol()
> 2 LoaderSymbol()
> 3 LoaderListDirs()
> 4 LoadModule()
> 5 xf86LoadModules()
> 6 InitOutput()
> 7 main()

Weird, it works on my G4. And that sure is the module loader.

> Could this be because I compiled xorg (and the base system)
> with -mcpu=750 -O2?

No. Mine's built with -mcpu=7400 -O2 - shouldn't matter at all.
Do you have any old libraries or object files sitting around? Is /usr/ 
pkg/lib before /usr/X11R6/lib in LD_LIBRARY_PATH?

have fun
Michael

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