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Patch 1291 : To fix frequent Xserver crashes by xdps extension. : [IRIX 5.3]
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    RELATIONS

    This patch does not replace any other patches.

    This patch has no known incompatiblities with other patches.

    This patch fixes the following bugs:
    129572 - BUG - xpsview crashes the X server
    142639 - BUG - DPS does not use colors correctly in popup planes
    144336 - BUG - dpsglx crashes server when a 24-bit TrueColor visual is used
    205914 - Xsgi crashes in Adobe DPS code; probably NULL pointer de-ref
    209159 - Xsgi quits, dumps core: process or stack limit exceeded
    212772 - Xserver dies xpsviewing asgard:/usr/tmp/front.3.variation.ai
    222086 - yet another Xsgi core dump
    227830 - BUG: simple DPS program crashes X server
    229235 - X dies in 5.2 MR and 5.3jun19i reproducibly
    232685 - Core dump, logout on remote process
    236512 - Xsgi core dumped (while using FrameMaker)
    241353 - Xsgi core dump while running xpsview
    246642 - Another dps/Xsgi crash
    248097 - XSgi core dumped while running "xpsview"
    252178 - Xsgi core dump
    254333 - BUG Framemaker dumps core and crashes desktop
    256776 - Xsgi core dump while running xpsview
    265481 - BUG Xsgi crashed during netscape navigation
    308921 - Xsgi has dumped core twice while using "handbook" and xpsview
    330689 - NGX-PM7/XL(Patch 951...): Xsgi core dumped while running some demos,
                    X apps


    RELEASE NOTES

    1. Patch SG0001291 Release Note

           This release note describes patch SG0001291 to IRIX 5.3.
    
    
    1.1 Supported Hardware Platforms
           This patch contains bug fixes for all platforms.  The
           software cannot be installed on other configurations.
    
    
    1.2 Supported Software Platforms
           This patch contains bug fixes for x_eoe.sw.xdps (version
           1021572033) on a system running IRIX 5.3.  The software
           cannot be installed on other configurations.
    
    
    1.3 Bugs Fixed by Patch SG0001291
           This patch contains fixes for the following bugs in IRIX
           5.3.  Bug numbers from Silicon Graphics bug tracking system
           are included for reference.
    
              o Bug #129572, Bug #205914, Bug #215813, Bug #232685, Bug
                #241353, Bug #243781, Bug #246642, Bug #248097, Bug
                #252178, Bug #256776, Bug #265481, Bug #267612, Bug
                #308921, Bug #330689: usage of xpsview randomly crashes
                the Xserver.
    
              o Bug #142639: DPS/X doesn't use colors correctly in
                popup planes.
    
              o Bug #144336: xpsview crashes the Xserver when the
                default visual is set to 24-bit TrueColor. A simple PS
                program was viewed at the time of crash.
    
              o Bug #209159: xpsview crashes the Xserver when a large
                PS document is viewed.
    
              o Bug #212772: xpsview crashes the Xserver when a PS
                document generated by Adobe Illustrator is viewed.
    
              o Bug #222086: xpsview crashes the Xserver after
                displaying a message stated that it could not allocate
                76 contiguous color entries.
    
              o Bug #227830: A simple DPS client program crashes the
                Xserver whenever DPS/X has not been initialised.
    
              o Bug #229235: LBL white board (A DPS client program)
                crashes the Xserver repeatedly.
    
    
              o Bug #236512, Bug #254333: Use of FrameMaker to render
                EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) images crashes the
                Xserver.
    
              o
    
    
    1.4 New Features Included in Patch SG0001291
           This patch includes the following new features:
    
              o This patch includes support for CID-keyed fonts in DPS.
                CID-keyed fonts are large multi-part fonts typically
                for Asian characters sets. Hence, this version of DPS
                will be able to display a PS document with CID-keyed
                fonts requests. You may install CID-keyed fonts from
                the following subsystems:  korean_font.sw.fonts,
                japanese_heisei.sw.fonts, chinese_dyna_trad.sw.fonts
                and chinese_dyna_simp.sw.fonts.
    
    
    1.5 Subsystems Included in Patch SG0001291
           This patch release includes these subsystems:
    
              o patchSG0001291.x_eoe.sw.xdps
    
    
    1.6 Installation Instructions
           Because you want to install only the patches for problems
           you have encountered, patch software is not installed by
           default.  After reading the descriptions of the bugs fixed
           in this patch (see Section 1.3), determine the patches that
           meet your specific needs.
    
           If, after reading Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of these release
           notes, you are unsure whether your hardware and software
           meet the requirements for installing a particular patch, run
           inst.  The inst program does not allow you to install
           patches that are incompatible with your hardware or
           software.
    
           Patch software is installed like any other Silicon Graphics
           software product.  Follow the instructions in your Software
           Installation Administrator's Guide to bring up the miniroot
           form of the software installation tools.
    
           Follow these steps to select a patch for installation:
    
             1.  At the Inst> prompt, type
    
                 install patchSGxxxxxxx
    
    
                 where xxxxxxx is the patch number.
    
             2.  Initiate the installation sequence. Type
    
                 Inst> go
    
             3.  You may find that two patches have been marked as
                 incompatible.  (The installation tools reject an
                 installation request if an incompatibility is
                 detected.)  If this occurs, you must deselect one of
                 the patches.
    
                 Inst> keep patchSGxxxxxxx
    
                 where xxxxxxx is the patch number.
    
             4.  After completing the installation process, exit the
                 inst program by typing
    
                 Inst> quit
    
    
    1.7 Patch Removal Instructions
           To remove a patch, use the versions remove command as you
           would for any other software subsystem.  The removal process
           reinstates the original version of software unless you have
           specifically removed the patch history from your system.
    
           versions remove patchSGxxxxxxx
    
           where xxxxxxx is the patch number.
    
           To keep a patch but increase your disk space, use the
           versions removehist command to remove the patch history.
    
           versions removehist patchSGxxxxxxx
    
           where xxxxxxx is the patch number.
    
    
    1.8 Known Problems
           This patch incorporates Adobe PostScript Interpreter version
           2015, which no longer provides bug compatibility for a
           PostScript document with the following scenario:
    
           A document that incrementally defines glyphs in a Type 3
           font (also known as a user-defined font), but does not
           observe the two rules specified by The PostScript Language
           Reference Manual:
    
    
    
    1. Unused entries in the Encoding must be filled with
           /.notdef and
    
           2. The Type 3 font must contain a glyph named /.notdef
    
           Due to this incompatibility, the same (and incorrect)
           characters in a sentence or word appear in the document. For
           example, if you use xpsview to open a PostScript file that
           uses Type 3 fonts, you might see a word or sentence that is
           unreadable because it contains a single, repeating
           character. If a word starts with T, the whole word might
           appear as "TTTTTTT."
    
           To fix the problem, first apply filterps.fixDVI. If this
           filter doesn't work, then try filterps.fixT3.
    
    
    1. filterps.fixDVI -- This filter corrects PostScript
           documents generated by dvi2ps version 3.1. Usage:
           filterps.fixDVI oldfile.ps newfile.ps
    
           2. filterps.fixT3 -- This filter should be used only if
           filterps.fixDVI failed to correct the problem. This filter
           disables Type 3 font caching in the filtered document.
           Usage: filterps.fixT3 oldfile.ps newfile.ps
    
           Note: Disabling Type 3 font caching makes a file take longer
           to display. Because of this, using filterps.fixDVI is
           preferred.
    
    

    INST SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
    No Requirements Information Available.
    

    INST SUBSYSTEM CHECKSUMS

    These checksums help to provide a 'signature' for the patch inst image which can be used to authenticate other inst images. You can obtain this kind of output by running sum -r on the image (from the command line):

    35940      1   patchSG0001291
    50902     22   patchSG0001291.idb
    55493   2993   patchSG0001291.x_eoe_sw
    

    INST SUBSYSTEM FILE LISTINGS

    The following lists the files which get installed from each subsystem in the patch:

    patchSG0001291.x_eoe_sw.xdps
    usr/bin/X11/filterps.fixDVI
    usr/bin/X11/filterps.fixT3
    usr/lib/DPS/AdobeDPSVM.upr
    usr/lib/DPS/CID.upr
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/CID/Start
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/CopyOfLevel2CID
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/FileUtils
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/FileUtils2
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/Level1CID
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/Level2CID
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/LoadDisk
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/Local
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/MergeKeys
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/MergeKeys2
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/PGFSetup
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/FS/PGFSetup2
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Lib/Start
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/PGF/Start
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCIDInitProcSet/FDepVector
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCIDInitProcSet/FDepVector-RF
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-C-83pv-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-C-90pv-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-C-Ext-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-C-Ext-RKSJ-V
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-C-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-C-RKSJ-V
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-83pv-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-Ext-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-Ext-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-Ext-RKSJ-V
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-Ext-V
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-N-RKSJ-V
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/FixCMapCategory/Fix-RF-N-83pv-RKSJ-H
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/ProcSet/AdobeTypeComposer
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/ProcSet/CIDInit
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/ProcSet/CIDInitC
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/ProcSet/CIDInitN
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/ProcSet/CompatibleFonts
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Resource/ProcSet/cid_PreLoad
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Sys/Bootlist
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Sys/CIDStart
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Sys/PGFInit
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Sys/PGFInit2
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Sys/PGFKeys
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Sys/Start
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/Usr/Start
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/encodings/ISOLatin1Encoding
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/encodings/KatakanaEncoding
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/encodings/NominalJISEncoding
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/encodings/NotDefEncoding
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/encodings/StandardEncoding
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/fonts/NotDefFont
    usr/lib/DPS/CSL/initproc.ps
    usr/lib/DPS/InitProc.upr
    usr/lib/DPS/masterDPSVM
    usr/lib/X11/dyDDX/xdps.so
    usr/relnotes/patchSG0001291/TC
    usr/relnotes/patchSG0001291/ch1.z


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    Document Id: 20021117063504-IRIXPatch-956