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-version 1.18, 2007/04/23 08:52:58
+version 1.19, 2007/06/01 00:19:52
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   cd XSRCDIR
   cvs -q update -PAd -I - | awk '$1=="?" {print $2}' | xargs rm -f
+ o How to build something with debug information?
+   ----------------------------------------------
+ You can use "env CFLAGS=-g make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper build" to
+ build any module with debugging information, but you'll need to remove
+ XOBJDIR/xorg-config.cache.${MACHINE} before doing that because
+ autoconf caches the value of CFLAGS in its cache.
+ o How to get a core file out of the X server?
+   -------------------------------------------
+ Several things are needed:
+) set kern.nosuidcoredump=2 in /etc/sysctl.conf
+) put
+         Option  "NoTrapSignals" "true"
+    in the "ServerFlags" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If such a section
+    doesn't exist, it can be added as follow:
+    Section "ServerFlags"
+         Option  "NoTrapSignals" "true"
+    EndSection
+    anywhere in the configuration file.
+) start the X server as root, with the -keepPriv option. A regular
+    user is not allowed to use this option. If you use xdm, you can add
+    the option in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. If you want to use startx, you
+    need to run it as root, like this:
+    startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X -keepPriv
+ Now the X server will dump core when catching a fatal signal. But it
+ will also not be able to restore the text mode on exit. So be prepared
+ to log in remotely (serial terminal or ssh) to reboot your machine or
+ to restart X.
+ The core dump will be in /var/crash.
+ See also <http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging>
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