Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:24:52 -0500 (EST) From: fcawth@jjarray.umd.edu To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/2821: XFree86 for 2.2-GAMMA utmp problems Message-ID: <199702261624.LAA01007@jjarray.umd.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <199702261630.IAA16397@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2821
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: XFree86 distributed with 2.2-GAMMA corrupts /var/run/utmp
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-ports
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 26 08:30:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Fred Cawthorne
>Organization:
University of Maryland
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-970205-GAMMA i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD 2.2-970205-GAMMA #1: Wed Feb 26 10:07:04 EST 1997
fcawth@jjarray.umd.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/JJARRAY
Calibrating clock(s) relative to mc146818A clock ... i586 clock: 199434307 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193198 Hz
CPU: Pentium Pro (199.43-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x617 Stepping=7
Features=0xf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,<b11>,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV>
real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
>Description:
The XFree86 in the 2.2-Gamma dist on wcarchive appears to be compiled on a
machine with UT_NAMESIZE=16 in utmp.h, (i.e. -current). This makes programs
like xterm write 16 byte names into /var/run/utmp, corrupting it badly...
>How-To-Repeat:
Start X, run "w", see that the entries are corrupted. Open more xterms, get
more messed up /var/run/utmp file.
>Fix:
Re-compile the XFree86 binaries with the proper utmp.h include file
(i.e. the one that comes with 2.2-GAMMA works just fine)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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