Re: [RP] unexpected async reply

[Ben Leslie]

On Tue, 08 May 2001, Benno wrote:


On second thoughts, this may be the XServer crashing, but all the
other apps seem to be running and I can use the app which still has
focus, just can't do anything else except go to the console screen 
and C-c the server.

Benno

> Hi all,
> 
> Hoping someone else ahs come across this before and can help.
> 
> Every now and again (usually after no problem for 6 hours or so),
> ratpoison decides to crash on me with a message:
> 
> "Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x4aa1)!"
> 
> The message is the same but the seqeunce number I get is usually
> different (I think..).
> 
> Any I had debugging turned on and the last message came from
> main.c line 148. Connecting to it with gdb gives me the address of
> where it is hung:
> 
> 0x400514bd, which as much as I can guess will be in the Xlib library.
> 
> Doing a bt indicates the address before this was:
> 
> 0x8050ec5.
> 
> Question is two part I guess, anyone know why this happens?
> (I am guessing it is cause by the XSync call, but nfi why) and 
> also how I set up the makefile to give me debugging symbols (so I have
> some chance of fixing this next time it occurs.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Benno
> 
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