[vlc] Re: [vlc-devel] Multiple-Monitor Crash Bug under MacOSX 10.2.x

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On donderdag, maa 13, 2003, at 01:47 Europe/Amsterdam, David Douglas 
wrote:
> Hello again,
> I checked the logs in TextEdit but I can't find a recent recording...
> (There should be one in there for sometime around Wed 12th March 2003)

cut invalid remarks ;)
>
> PS!!!
> While having a rummage around those logs I stumbled across the ATI 
> Radeon
> 7000 OS X crash log!  Now this does have a recording of the exact 
> date! (I
> think this could prove useful! So it is also attached... I have also 
> pasted
> it below for easy viewing -->
>
> I'm assuming The first crash is for VLC v5.2 as that was the first 
> version I
> ran - with an instant crash.  The second would then be for VLC v4.6, 
> which I
> tried later... with similar results:

The crashes are similar.
This issue needs to be reported to ATI.
It is a problem with there driver. Maybe we are partly to blame as 
well, but they are crashing, and if we don't know why they crash, we 
cannot fix the problem.
Can you digup an email adres from your README or something?

Derk-Jan Hartman


> Date/Time:  2003-03-12 11:59:28 +0000
> OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
> Host:       deadlyfingers.local.
>
> Command:    ATI Radeon 7000 OS X Installer
> PID:        431
>
> Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
> Codes:      KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000006
>
> Thread 0 Crashed:
>  #0   0x90134d80 in CFGetTypeID
>  #1   0x00277bb8 in 0x277bb8
>  #2   0x002780d0 in 0x2780d0
>  #3   0x00255f64 in 0x255f64
>  #4   0x00257c60 in 0x257c60
>  #5   0x00257f88 in 0x257f88
>
> PPC Thread State:
>   srr0: 0x90134d80 srr1: 0x0200d030                vrsave: 0x00000000
>    xer: 0x00000000   lr: 0x90134d70  ctr: 0x90134d60   mq: 0x00000000
>     r0: 0x00277bb8   r1: 0xbffff460   r2: 0x9017d18c   r3: 0x00000000
>     r4: 0xa1b1c1d3   r5: 0x00000000   r6: 0x00000000   r7: 0x00000000
>     r8: 0x00000000   r9: 0xa0001048  r10: 0x00000000  r11: 0x00000100
>    r12: 0xa0136480  r13: 0x00468394  r14: 0x00468892  r15: 0x0046837c
>    r16: 0x00468898  r17: 0x004687dc  r18: 0x00468900  r19: 0x00000000
>    r20: 0x00000000  r21: 0x00000000  r22: 0x00468898  r23: 0x00000071
>    r24: 0x00000002  r25: 0x00000000  r26: 0x00000000  r27: 0x00468c74
>    r28: 0x00468896  r29: 0x00000000  r30: 0x00000001  r31: 0x90134d70

>
>> Please help us solve this bug.
>> Derk-Jan Hartman
>>
>> On woensdag, maa 12, 2003, at 19:56 Europe/Amsterdam, David Douglas
>> wrote:
>>> Well done first of all on such a good app!
>>>
>>> Recently I have installed an ATI Radeon 7000 PCI Card for my
>>> Quicksilver
>>> 733MHz G4 Mac.  This enables me to run another moniter!
>>>
>>> Anyway since running the card I've noticed that VLC crashes
>>> consistently!  I
>>> have tested both VLC V5.2 & V4.6.  V5.2 freezes the system straight
>>> away
>>> once a movie is opened, & V4.6 Freezes once movie is dragged onto my
>>> second
>>> monitor powered by the ATI Card. Restart is nessecary
>>>
>>> I have downloaded the latest OSX drivers for the ATI Card, & I'm
>>> running
>>> OSX10.2.3 with Quicktime 6.0.2.
>>> (My AGP Card is a Nvidia GeForce2.)
>>>
>>> Did you know about this bug?
>>> I hope you can fix this soon!  I really love your app guys...

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