Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:02:55 +0200 From: Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Broken sound with 4.4-RC Message-ID: <20010918100255.A14404@erg.verweg.com> In-Reply-To: <15270.45166.357473.814933@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:24:46PM -0500 References: <3BA60EE8.EDDF0E5C@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <15270.45166.357473.814933@guru.mired.org>
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:24:46PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > I found the source of this jar. > > I'he installed 'gkrellm' from ports. > > It's installed as root:kmem with SUID bit (no SGID, however). > > Running gkrellm while audio playback produces sound breakage. > > The solution is removing SUID bit from gkrellm binary. > > All metallic effects have disappeared now. > > There have been multiple reports of gkrellm causing SMP systems to > freeze - more accurately, gkrellm plugins cause this to > happen. Which prompts me to ask if you are running SMP, and if you > have any gkrellm plugins running. > > FWIW, if you define WITHOUT_SENSOR when you install gkrellm, it will > not turn on the SUID bit on the binary. > > <mike Shouldn't gkrellm be forbidden in the ports collection until it is really reliable again ? It will save some spurious SMP/sound/whatever lockup reports in -stable for sure. Regards, Ruben -- ,-_ .------------------------------------------------------------. /() ) | Ruben van Staveren | Linux is for windows haters |_o (__ ( | http://ruben.is.verweg.com | BSD is for unix lovers | #> =/ () `----------------------------+-------------------------------' 4 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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