FatalError(D3nfb)

FatalError -- handle fatal error for NFB drivers

Synopsis

void
FatalError(
#if NeedVarargsPrototypes
    char *f, ...)
#else
f, s0, s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8, s9) /* limit of ten args */
    char *f;
    char *s0, *s1, *s2, *s3, *s4, *s5, *s6, *s7, *s8, *s9;
#endif

Description

FatalError( ) outputs an error message and then immediately aborts the X server.

On SVR5 and SCO OpenServer 5, this error message is written to to stderr. On AIX 5L, this error message is written to the /tmp/logfile file.

Arguments

f: format string.
s0...s9: variable number of arguments. Up to ten args can be specified.

Exit codes

None

Usage notes

FatalError( ) is used to handle fatal errors that occur in an NFB driver. It is similar to the ErrorF(D3nfb) routine except that it aborts the X server after it outputs the error message. The following example comes from the sample nte8 driver:

   if(scoPointerInitialize(pScreen, &ntePointerFuncs, NULL, TRUE) == 0)
   	FatalError("Cannot initialize Hardware Cursor\n");

For non-fatal errors, use the ErrorF( ) function. For non-fatal errors that are associated with an errno return, use the Error(D3nfb) function.

Version applicability

This function is supported for NFB drivers on all releases of SCO OpenServer 5, SVR5, and AIX 5L.

Source files

Routine source: ./os/utils.c
Driver source file: Any driver source file.

References

Error(D3nfb), ErrorF(D3nfb)