[Xastir] Dell Xserver crash when starting CVS HEAD.

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Peter Gamache wrote:

> This may be more than just your problem, Jerry.
>
> I was trying to train a group of folks on Xastir using assorted Dell laptops
> just this evening.  Some worked, some didn't, yet all were using the version
> from CVS HEAD, retrieved yesterday.  Just like yours, starting Xastir
> resulted in the X server exiting and the laptops going back to the X login
> screen.
>
> All systems (working and not) were Xubuntu 10.04 (lucid) with latest
> updates.  The X server version is:
> xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7 (Bryce Harrington <bryce at ubuntu.com>)
>
> I'll dig further to see which video cards are in the problematic systems.

It's certainly possible that the Xastir fix to work around the X11
bug doesn't work against _all_ X11 servers exhibiting the bug.

Most likely one would need to apply patches to the X11 server to get
Xastir working on those systems.  Much more of a hassle.

Keep us posted.

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