Re: Linux-x86-64 and cairo crash

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi


> ok, you mean you tried switching to XGCairoSurface?
yes, exactly.
> > On the machine exporting to 15/16bit display it did not help at all, same 
> > behaviour as before.
> Hm, that suggests problem is elsewhere in the back/x11 code then. Is this the 
> first time you tested this configuration, or was it working in the past? It may 
> be a bug in back/x11 (XWindowBuffer?) that has been there for a long time.
I think I tested this the first time in this exact configuration. on the 
display mahcine, I run locally gnustep too, using plain xlib and it 
displays perfectly. So it might be xlib vs. cairo as well as exported 
display. I'll try exporting from other computers and see how they fare.
> > I always wonder that the animation test makes about 29 frames and the machine 
> > becomes almost completely unresponsive. With the new surface type behaviour 
> > remained about the same.
> It uses close to 100% cpu for me too.
Ok, just good to know it is not me.

Riccardo