Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:10:49 GMT From: Colin Coghill <colin@under-the-fridge.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/80979: when hostname is not configured well, xsm core dumps on login Message-ID: <200505131310.j4DDAnGO086481@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200505131320.j4DDK2r5014968@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 80979 >Category: misc >Synopsis: when hostname is not configured well, xsm core dumps on login >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: Fri May 13 13:20:02 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Colin Coghill >Release: 5.4-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD anya.localdomain 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0: Sun May 8 10:21:06 UTC 2005 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: I installed 5.4-RELEASE from the official ISOs downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org. I chose the xorg server. Since I was on a private network with no DNS (for testing) I entered a non-existant hostname. (anya.localdomain) Upon login (via xdm) the x session manager pops up a window with "chooseSessionListWidget" in the menu. A click anywhere on the window results in an xsm.core file and drop back to the xdm login screen. I could find no useful errors logged. >How-To-Repeat: Install 5.4-RELEASE, choose the xorg server. (I don't know if XFree86 has the same problem) Give a non-existant name for hostname. Start xdm. Attempt to log in. >Fix: Make sure the hostname given at installation is able to be looked up, or if not, is at least put in the /etc/hosts file. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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