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Re: OpenWindows crashing on Sparc SLC

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From: Alan J. Snyder
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 17:30
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grimm@urz.unibas.ch writes:

>I'm having a problem running OpenWindows 2 on a Sparc SLC, i.e. xnews
>crashes. Actually the error reads: 

>XNeWS: internal error detected (SIGSEGV).
>       Report this problem to a knowledgeable person.

>The weird thing is, that this (discless) SLC is served by a
>SparcStation 1 (both running SunOS 4.1), on which OpenWindows runs without
>a problem. Even more so: just a few days ago, it even worked on the SLC, and
>I can't figure out what change could have caused this. 
>Does anybody have a clue ?


We've seen OpenWindows crash on a diskless SLC when heavy swapping occurs.  I assumed that something was timing out.  In that case, more memory may help.

- Alan
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asnyder@ernie.artorg.hmc.psu.edu
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