Re: Bus error from bochs; was Re: dependancies of bochs.

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 07:25:26PM -0700, peter%easthope.ca@localhost wrote:
> From:	Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>
> Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:10:14 +0100 (BST)
> > ... download and unpack xserver.tgz, xetc.tgz and xfont.tgz. 
> 
> Right oh.  The server starts now, with a complaint from xauth. 
> 
> sparc2$ startx
> xauth: file /home/peter/.serverauth.nnnn does not exist
> 
> xterm is useable.  bochs opens a window and after a few seconds 
> it crashes.
> 
> [1] Bus error (core dumped) bochs
> 
> If there are any ideas about that I can follow up tomorrow.

bochs does things from signal handlers that are not allowed.
(IIRC they include updating X).

I got them to fix a problem with floating point printfs, but that
was just the tip of the iceberg.

	David

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