Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/35769: w does not correctly interpret X sessions Message-ID: <200203111940.g2BJe2Y84432@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/35769; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com>
To: Michael Wardle <michael@endbracket.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/35769: w does not correctly interpret X sessions
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:34:22 -0800
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 05:09:30AM -0800, Michael Wardle wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > What does 'tty' return for one of these sessions?
>
> This is precisely the problem -- it is not a terminal, indeed there is
> no way to issue "tty". I can only issue "tty" if I start a terminal
> emulator, but the problem is when w tries to look directly at the X
> session itself, not any terminal I have spawned from within the X
> session.
Ah. Now I realize what you are talking about. You're using
xdm(8). xdm(8) is well known for putting broken entries into
utmp(5). There isn't much w(1) can do about it. xdm(8) is feeding it
invalid data.
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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