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Date:      Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:54:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bob <bjg@otherspace.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xfree86contrib | su crashing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330145337.24859N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199803282235.RAA16166@net3.netacc.net>

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On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Bob wrote:

> Just d/l'ed / installed 2.2.6-RELEASE, and I noticed a few thingies, along 
> with some improvements I really like. The kde WM is cool!, even if the irc 
> client is broken (DCC don't work)

kde is pretty spiffy, I use it at home.

> the ports collection install 
> [/usr/src/ports/x11/xfree86-contrib; make install] fetches the xfree86contrib 
> version for XFree86 3.3.1, not 3.3.2.. Will this be corrected for the cd-rom 
> distribution ? that's the only way to install the contrib stuff, I don't see 
> it in the pre-compiled stuff....

Most people install X from the compressed binaries during install and
don't use the port.  The port may not be updated yet.

> Also, su root tends to crash with a segmentation fault. Is this in some way 
> related to the Kerberos / export-restricted security stuff ? in 2.2.5, which 
> I have the cd-rom dist. of, su root would cause " Kerboros:not in correct ACL 
> to su root" or something like that, but it would allow it anyway... Maybe a 
> different version of the security stuff avail. at the ftp site ?

Probably.  Recovering it involves reinstalling the bin distribution to rid
the system of the kerberized libs.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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