[clfswm-devel] Random crashes cause

Philippe Brochard pbrochard at common-lisp.net
Sun Aug 12 21:59:07 UTC 2012


Hi, yes, very good news!

Thanks a lot for the report.

Maybe, if you have some times, you can search if the crash of clfswm
with sbcl is linked to the bug you have spotted.
This way we can edit the clfswm FAQ and put a remark on sbcl
(temporally).

Best regards,

Philippe

Ales Guzik writes:

> Hi!
>
> I have some really good news. There were not even a crash since moving
> from SBCL to CLISP!
> So this crashes were entirely SBCL problem and not CLFSWM one.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Ales
>
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Philippe Brochard
> <pbrochard at common-lisp.net> wrote:
>> Ales Guzik writes:
>>
>>> Hi Philippe,
>>>
>>> It crashes at least 2-3 times a day, and this bug looks like cause of most
>>> crashes. For now I'm not sure that it's the only cause. Today I've switched
>>> clfswm to clisp and will try use it. Few months ago I tried switching and had
>>> same crashes, so I came back to sbcl, but since then number of crashes had
>>> lowered quite noticable.
>>>
>> Be careful. clisp doesn't like clx changes. So if you switch from one
>> clx version to another one (for example mit/clx to git/clx) you'd better
>> erase the compilation cache (~/.cache/common-lisp/clisp-2.49-unix-x86/the/clfswm/directory
>> on my box). It may be the cause of strange behaviour.
>>
>>> I'll post here after using clisp at least few days.
>>>
>> Please, do so! I really don't like crashes I don't see :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ales.
>>>
>>> 03.08.2012 22:28 пользователь "Philippe Brochard" <pbrochard at common-lisp.net>
>>> написал:
>>>>
>>>> Ales Guzik writes:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi everyone.
>>>> >
>>>> > Seems I've found clfswm random crashes cause. It crashes when
>>>> > adjusting time backward, so if it's 10:45 now "# date -s 10:44" will
>>>> > cause clfswm crash. And as ntp daemon always adjusts time in
>>>> > background, this looks like random crashes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks, Ales.
>>>> >
>>>> Hi Ales again,
>>>>
>>>> How have you seen this bug? Does it impact you in every day use?
>>>>
>>>> Some users complains about random crash I haven't seen on my box with
>>>> clisp/git-clx. And I'd like to know if this can be the only cause.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
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