Re: [AD] abort on exit in X port

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Wang wrote:

> I've been meaning to bring this up but kept forgetting.  Is anyone 
> else getting SIGABRTs when Allegro programs exit, in the X port?  It 
> doesn't always happen, but it's not uncommon either.


Ok, this is solved.  The attached patch was applied to trunk and 
branch.  Thanks to Chris for his help in #allegro.

Peter

Index: src/x/xsystem.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/alleg/allegro/src/x/xsystem.c,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 xsystem.c
--- src/x/xsystem.c	26 Nov 2002 13:46:05 -0000	1.26
+++ src/x/xsystem.c	13 Aug 2004 11:45:59 -0000
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@
  */
 static void _xwin_sysdrv_exit(void)
 {
+   /* This stops the X event handler running in the background, which
+    * seems a nice thing to do before closing the connection to the X
+    * display... (remove this and you get SIGABRTs during XCloseDisplay).
+    */
+   _unix_bg_man->unregister_func(_xwin_bg_handler);
+
    _xwin_close_display();
    _unix_bg_man->exit();