Patch 1291 : To fix frequent Xserver crashes by xdps extension. : [IRIX 5.3]
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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. o1.4 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.xdps1.6 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> quit1.7 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:
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Document Id: 20021117063504-IRIXPatch-956
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