| idl 6.1 crashes on linux [message #53570] |
Wed, 18 April 2007 20:24  |
lazar.fleysher
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Registered: April 2007
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hello everybody,
I am experiencing a strange problem. Many graphics routines crash IDL
examples are tv, xloadct. Is there a work-around for this?
Thanks
ZF
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| Re: idl 6.1 crashes on linux [message #53616 is a reply to message #53570] |
Fri, 20 April 2007 07:46  |
Nigel Wade
Messages: 286
Registered: March 1998
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George White wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, david.j.jansen@gmail.com wrote:
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>> On 19 apr, 16:57, Greg Hennessy <greg.henne...@localhost.localdomain>
>> wrote:
>>> On 2007-04-19, Christopher Thom <c...@oddjob.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>>>> The workaround would appear to be rolling back the X server updates.
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>>> I rolled back the libX11 update, and that fixed my problem.
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>> yes, that works. unfortunately, this libX11 update was supposed to fix
>> an exploitable security hole. a more permanent and secure solution
>> would be nice.
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> Furthermore, the OP has just announced to anyone who is interested in
> cracking his machine that it is wide open.
Wide open?
Did you actually read the advisory on the exploit? I'd hardly call it "wide
open".
--
Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk
Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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| Re: idl 6.1 crashes on linux [message #53617 is a reply to message #53570] |
Fri, 20 April 2007 07:37 |
Christopher Thom
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Registered: October 2006
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Quoth George White:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, david.j.jansen@gmail.com wrote:
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>> On 19 apr, 16:57, Greg Hennessy <greg.henne...@localhost.localdomain>
>> wrote:
>>> On 2007-04-19, Christopher Thom <c...@oddjob.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The workaround would appear to be rolling back the X server updates.
>>>
>>> I rolled back the libX11 update, and that fixed my problem.
>
>> yes, that works. unfortunately, this libX11 update was supposed to fix
>> an exploitable security hole. a more permanent and secure solution
>> would be nice.
>
> Furthermore, the OP has just announced to anyone who is interested in
> cracking his machine that it is wide open.
yup....except that I use MacOSX, not linux :)
cheers
chris
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| Re: idl 6.1 crashes on linux [message #53620 is a reply to message #53570] |
Fri, 20 April 2007 06:25 |
George White
Messages: 10
Registered: November 1998
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, david.j.jansen@gmail.com wrote:
> On 19 apr, 16:57, Greg Hennessy <greg.henne...@localhost.localdomain>
> wrote:
>> On 2007-04-19, Christopher Thom <c...@oddjob.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> The workaround would appear to be rolling back the X server updates.
>>
>> I rolled back the libX11 update, and that fixed my problem.
> yes, that works. unfortunately, this libX11 update was supposed to fix
> an exploitable security hole. a more permanent and secure solution
> would be nice.
Furthermore, the OP has just announced to anyone who is interested in
cracking his machine that it is wide open.
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George White <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca> <gnw3@acm.org>
189 Parklea Dr., Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia B3Z 2G6
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