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Date:      Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:38:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/42973: xdm is not working on FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and 4.6.2-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <200209192238.g8JMcj22028170@www.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         42973
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       xdm is not working on FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and 4.6.2-RELEASE
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep 19 15:40:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eduardo Viruena Silva
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2
>Organization:
ESFM - IPN
>Environment:
FreeBSD michelle.esfm.ipn.mx 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #3: Fri Sep 13 23:37:16 CDT 2002     root@michelle.esfm.ipn.mx:/usr/src/sys/compile/eviruena  i386

>Description:
I had a computer running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE.  I installed on it
XFree86-4 distributed in binary by www.XFree86.org because I have
an ATI all in wonder 128 pro video card and X11 release 3.3 did 
not support it.  It worked perfectly.

I installed in my computer FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, I also installed 
to XFree86 4.2 included in the CD.

xdm stop working, it just tried to start unsuccessfully.
I tried compiling XFree86-4 from the ports with the same result.

Curiously, xdm reports:

  /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: xdm: Undefined symbol "_XdmcpWrapperToOddParity"

which means that some object [a function or a variable] is not present
in a dynamic library. 

I downloaded the binary distribution of X11 release 4.2 from
ftp.XFree86.org and installed it.  It worked perfectly,
and xdm also worked fine.


>How-To-Repeat:
Install FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE or FreeBSD-4.6.2-RELEASE and patch it.
Install X and change /etc/ttys
Configure X:
		X -configure

test X is working properly:

		startx

if it works, press:  Ctrl-Alt-Backspace


Now, run xdm:

		/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm

:-?

>Fix:
Even though is was a solution, it does not fix the problem
in the ports.

Download X11 release 4.2 from ftp://ftp.XFree86.org 
[in its binary form] and install it.

By the way, the missing object "_XdmcpWrapperToOddParity"
seems to be present in three different libraries in
the X11 distribution from XFree86.org but it is only
present in one library in the FreeBSD distribution 
[package and compiling the port].
>Release-Note:
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