From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jul 22 07:40:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA11906 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:40:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11901 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:40:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id HAA29397; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11666 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:39:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA29512 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:39:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01795 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:11:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id KAA00383; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:43:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199807221443.KAA00383@lakes.dignus.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:43:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Reply-To: rivers@dignus.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: conf/7366: /tmp/.X* not removed by /etc/rc if clear_tmp_enable != YES Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 7366 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /tmp/.X* not removed by /etc/rc if clear_tmp_enable != YES >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 22 07:40:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Thomas David Rivers >Organization: Dignus LLC >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 >Environment: 2.2.6 - X11. >Description: if clear_tmp_enable is YES, then /etc/rc kindly removes /tmp/.X*-lock and /tmp/.X11-unix/* But - if clea_tmp_enable isn't yes; then these don't get removed; causing X11 startup to fail on reboot. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I suggest the following diff to /etc/rc; which always removes those files. It's arguable that if the user didn't set clear_tmp_enable to YES; he indicates he wants these files; but I don't believe the intent of clear_tmp_enable includes preventing X11 from restarting... [The best fix would likely be to get XFree86 to place the files in /var/run.] This is a context diff to /etc/rc: *** rc.ori Tue Mar 24 20:56:48 1998 --- rc Wed Jul 22 10:42:09 1998 *************** *** 131,136 **** --- 131,139 ---- rm -f /etc/nologin rm -f /var/spool/lock/* rm -rf /var/spool/uucp/.Temp/* + # Also remove X lock files since it will prevent you from + # restarting X11 after a system crash. + rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/* (cd /var/run && { cp /dev/null utmp; chmod 644 utmp; }) # *************** *** 149,157 **** (cd /tmp && rm -rf [a-km-pr-zA-Z]* && find -d . ! -name . ! -name lost+found ! -name quotas -exec rm -rf -- {} \;) - # Also remove X lock files since it will prevent you from - # restarting X11 after a system crash. - rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/* fi # snapshot any kernel -c changes back to disk --- 152,157 ---- >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message