OpenGL timing problem

[Michael D Godfrey]

Shai,

Could I just remind you that the problem:

octave:1> plot(1:200)
octave:2> print("testpdf.pdf")
GL2PS error: Bad file pointer
panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
save to `octave-core' complete
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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still exists.  The simplest test that I now have is:

1. ssh to a machine running current tip, through a relatively
    slow DSL line.  (All machine are Fedora 13 x86_64.)

2. Try plot(1:200); print("test.pdf")
    when no other traffic is using bandwidth.  Most of the
    time it works correctly.

3. Do the same sequence, but while there is other traffic on the
    DSL connection.  This always fails as above.

Do you need a bt of this from the current system?
Can I help fix this?

Michael