Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:14:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> To: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> Cc: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/3927: xview library fails on -current and on 2.2.x Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970720120900.15159D-100000@Kryten.nina.org> In-Reply-To: <199707201510.IAA19579@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Wolfgang Helbig wrote: > > * The "notifier: bad file number" message and subsequent segmentation > > * fault still occurs on any xview-lib client if the 2.2.2- built > > * xview-lib package is used. But this error only shows if the process > > * uid is zero, i. e. if you launch the xview application as root. > > > > Really? I saw this before when I was running workman as non-root. > Puh--finally someone else saw this phaenomenon! I already started > to believe seeing things :-) It was just me and someone from > the questions list that reported this xview-lib problem and everyone > else said: ''works fine on my system''. I am the one from the -questions list with the problem. I had the problem as root or non-root. --- > So what I did on the 2.2.2 system (with XFree86-3.3): Grabbed the > ports xview-{config|lib}.3.2.1, built and installed them without > any problems--well I had to update to the latest revision of > ports/x11/xview-lib/patches/patch-aa: --- > O. k., I feel uneasy myself about closing this PR without fixing > it. OTOH there was just one problem report (mine) regarding this > bug and one message in the mailinglist mentioning it. Since it does > not show if the xview packages are replaced by -current built ones > it may already be fixed in 2.2-stable. > > As I don't have access to a 2.2-stable system, I cannot test and/or > debug it. But most if not all committers do have access to 2.2-stable > and some of you committers should be able to at least test it. > > Thanks for your time > > Wolfgang > > I had this problem until Wolfgang built xview-lib and -config for me on his -current system. I have a stock 2.2.2 system that I can test fixes on if you like. I would make a good tester since I experienced this personally. Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House - anonymous
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