Re: [RP] sparc segfault on startup with version 1.4.0

[Shawn Betts]

"Michael Graham" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I have started using ratpoison on my sparc box at uni (SunOS sanda 5.8
> Generic_117350-26 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 Solaris) and was
> experiencing random crashes when switching workspace with rpws (so
> gselect I guess).

#0  0xff0b3218 in strlen () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#1  0xff1065a0 in _doprnt () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#2  0xff108470 in printf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#3  0x2a264 in get_wmname (w=279160) at manage.c:214
#4  0x2a484 in update_window_name (win=0x56710) at manage.c:313
#5  0x2a5c0 in update_window_information (win=0x56710) at manage.c:379
#6  0x243d0 in listen_for_events () at events.c:989
#7  0x2995c in main (argc=0, argv=0xffbeecfc) at main.c:688
(gdb) quit

Hi Michael,

get_wmname has been rewritten since 1.4.0. Can you try building
ratpoison out of CVS on your sparc machine? Hopefully the rewrite
fixed this crash bug.

-Shawn