From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 8 15:29:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605D31065672 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:29:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (m209-73.dsl.rawbw.com [198.144.209.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B9388FC0C for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:29:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q38FTGn1074009; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:29:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q38FTFBr074008; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:29:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:29:15 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: "O. Hartmann" Message-ID: <20120408152915.GU1420@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <4F8176A0.807@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2y/feSa6JmJqKeZ6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F8176A0.807@zedat.fu-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Current FreeBSD Subject: Re: xdm failing to start on FBSD 10.0 r2340030 erratically X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:29:22 -0000 --2y/feSa6JmJqKeZ6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 01:29:36PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > I loose hair ... > Since yesterady's "make world" (last make world: the day before > yesterday), getting FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT/amd64 to r234000 or so, the X11 > system on all of our FreeBSD 10.0-CUR/amd64 boxes start rejecting the > start of xdm display manager. xdm is started from /etc/ttys on ttyv7. > This worked before flawless. >=20 > At this very moment, I do have X11 started via xdm - but this is a > erratic and non-reproduceable process! >=20 > This morning, I update world and kernel to r234030. I recompiled many > ports via "portmaster -f xorg xdm", hoping the new kernel/world could > affect the ports, but this isn't. >=20 > Starting Xorg X11 server works fine. xdm fails. The log in > /var/log/xdm.log looks like: >=20 > Build Date: 07 April 2012 04:51:08PM > ... >=20 >=20 > I feel a bit helpless around here since I can not get close to what is > happening. The erratic behaviour of starting xdm is frightening. > Starting xdm via /etc/ttys doesn't work at all, but sometimes, with a > bit luck, xdm starts when started from the console. > .... I am not having trouble starting xdm via /etc/ttys; my environment is known to differ from yours in the following ways: * My ports (save for x11/nvidia-driver and misc/compat8x) are built under stable/8. (I track stable/8, stable/9, and head on a daily basis, and have a common /usr/local among them. I also update any installed ports that have updates available daily.) * I am running FreeBSD/i386, vs. FreeBSD/amd64. * My last 2 updates were r233994 (yesterday) and r234031 (today). * I have a mildly hacked-up startup script for xdm. I doubt this is an issue -- I've been doing this since 2006/03/05 19:04:03 (according to the RCS log), though I have modified the script a few times since its inception. But the point here is that I'm not directly invoking the xdm executable from /etc/ttys. * I don't know that this is different, but it may well be: my xorg.conf includes a stanza: Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" EndSection because my experiences with hald & dbus were so unpleasant. I don't use them; I don't even try to start them. Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --2y/feSa6JmJqKeZ6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+BrsoACgkQmprOCmdXAD26jwCdEdq1qGQDbjLeXe9+1vA/YtFn HTQAnieBBtdh93aGLIUlt/tm1mnM+wnL =wLms -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2y/feSa6JmJqKeZ6--