On sun4C machines (I'm using a SS1+) there are frequent random crashes of the X server. This has been discussed on the mailing list. Happens regardless of window manager used. System often hangs console and must be rebooted from remote system.
I suspect that this problem has to do with the version of glibc that you are running. You can identify the version by doing rpm -q glibc and if the answer is "glibc-2.0.7-19" or earlier you should upgrade to either glibc-2.0.7-29 (Red Hat 5.2) or later (from update errata). The problem is sparc and sparc only and has to do with the pagesize used to align mmap requests. Please reopen this bug report if my guess is incorrect.
I am using RedHat 5.2 which supplies glibc-2.0.7-29. With a plain 5.2 I sometimes get the "Bezier too large" messages that were reported in another bug. Using the 2.1.129 kernel the crashing problem becomes much worse. I will only run for a few minutes before it dies.
Derek has stated that he has been able top observe this happening. I am assigning it to a developer for further review.
*** Bug 359 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** The Sun 8 bit Xserver crashed 3 times in two days while playing solitaire (pysol). It did not leave a core dump, nor messages in any log. I have been unable toreproduce it since. XFree86 version 3.3.3. ------- Additional Comments From dlt 12/29/98 11:50 ------- It happened again this morning. kbd-mode -a restores function so that one switch to another vc and start x again. It still is difficult to reproduce. ------- Additional Comments From dkl 12/31/98 15:30 ------- This bug has been assigned to a developer for further review.
The most recent rawhide X release (XFree86-3.3.3.1-19) contains a number of patches to the sun framebuffer devices. Please try it, and reopen the bug if you are still having problems. You may have to rebuild the package if you are still running glibc 2.0, as it is linked against glibc 2.1. Alternatively, wait for 6.0.