[cairo] extend-reflect test hangs system

[Jeff Muizelaar]

This is a known problem. Nobody has come up with a solution yet.

-Jeff

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 10:18:43PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> I am new to this mailing list and fairly new to cairo.
> 
> In any case, I have been running into severe problems with my build of
> cairo-1.4.0.
> 
> I build the package with:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr && make
> 
> Then I do a make check.   When doing this remotely, extend-reflect gives me:
> 
> TESTING extend-reflect
> Test CAIRO_EXTEND_REFLECT for surface patterns
> extend-reflect-image-argb32 [0]:        PASS
> extend-reflect-image-argb32 [25]:       PASS
> extend-reflect-image-rgb24 [0]: PASS
> extend-reflect-image-rgb24 [25]:        PASS
> Failed to open display:
> extend-reflect-xlib-argb32 [0]: UNTESTED
> Failed to open display:
> extend-reflect-xlib-argb32 [25]:        UNTESTED
> Failed to open display:
> extend-reflect-xlib-rgb24 [0]:  UNTESTED
> Failed to open display:
> extend-reflect-xlib-rgb24 [25]: UNTESTED
> extend-reflect-ps-argb32 [0]:   PASS
> extend-reflect-ps-argb32 [25]:  PASS
> extend-reflect-ps-rgb24 [0]:    PASS
> extend-reflect-ps-rgb24 [25]:   PASS
> 
> When doing the make check in an X window, the output of the first four
> tests is the same, but then the system hangs hard.  No X cursor
> movement, no response to the keyboard (even the off button), no response
> to ping and an ssh connection is dead.  The only way to recover is to
> disconnect all power to the system and power up again.
> 
> I can disable this test and all the others complete (but not all pass).
> 
> The only way I can figure that a crash to this level can occur is
> triggered by cairo via the X generic Nvidia driver (nv) which I thought
> was well tested.
> 
> Suggestions are welcome.
> 
>   -- Bruce
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