At Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:02:58 +0000, Richard Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I think that I've found the problem. The XFree86 binary does its own > object loading and on sparc it is failing to set the PROT_EXEC bit when > mapping executable code. This is falling over a change in the kernel > which checks the executable bit and gives a Segmentation Fault. > > Full rationale, explanation and proposed patch below.
... Wow. Well done! That's certainly consistent with what I see. > > Anyone fancy compiling a new xserver binary? > I'll set one going before I leave work this afternoon. Should have completed by tomorrow morning. .....Ron -- Ron Murray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.rjmx.net/~ron GPG Public Key Fingerprint: F2C1 FC47 5EF7 0317 133C D66B 8ADA A3C4 D86C 74DE