Bug#238407: XFree86 crashes on PPC in 0x1072260c in AccessXCancelRepeatKey (xkbi=0x0, key=64 '@') at xkbAccessX.c:387
tags 238407 patch thanks I'm currently testing[1] the attached patch, which seems to be clear of the licensing issues affecting X, but regardless, it's extreemly trivial. I will update with results shortly. Don Armstrong 1: Which seems to amount to running X until it crashes, since I haven't been able to reliably trigger the core... -- Ban cryptography! Yes. Let's also ban pencils, pens and paper, since criminals can use them to draw plans of the joint they are casing or even, god forbid, create one time pads to pass uncrackable codes to each other. Ban open spaces since criminals could use them to converse with each other out of earshot of the police. Let's ban flags since they could be used to pass secret messages in semaphore. In fact let's just ban all forms of verbal and non-verbal communication -- let's see those criminals make plans now! http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu $Id$ Patch stolen from http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/dix/events.c.diff?r2=3.52r1=3.51diff_format=u --- xc/programs/Xserver/dix/events.c2004/01/12 17:04:52 3.51 +++ xc/programs/Xserver/dix/events.c2004/01/23 07:23:34 3.52 @@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ #ifdef XKB /* Fix for key repeating bug. */ -if (xE-u.u.type == KeyRelease) +if (device-key != NULL device-key-xkbInfo != NULL + xE-u.u.type == KeyRelease) AccessXCancelRepeatKey(device-key-xkbInfo, xE-u.u.detail); #endif
Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139
On 2004-03-24 Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: grave Tags: sid Justification: renders package unusable [...] Performed a dist-upgrade. So I am working. But I did do a base install, then an dpkg --set-selections apt-get dselect-upgrade to test this out and did cause the same error. Reporting from my regular machine. I am currently working, currently dpkg-reconfigure won't work should I change something Here is the output of dpkg --configure --debug=3773 etc [...] D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst ( ) dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: xserver-xfree86 [...] This bug matches the criteria for important exactly: | important |a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, |without rendering it completely unusable to everyone. Clearly it is not unusable to everyone otherwise it would have been reported a week ago. I am not downgrading it, as I am no part of the xfree86 maintainer-team. DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 or temporarily adding set -x as 2nd line to /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst and running dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 might show useful information. cu andreas
Bug#239510: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239510
Debian Bug report logs - #239510 xterm: Reverse video specification broken In linux.debian.maint.x John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: xterm Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: normal Hello, xterm, on startup, always displays black text on a white background. That is, the following three commands do the exact same thing: xterm xterm -rv xterm +rv Perhaps there is a more-specific resource setting that is overriding the command-line. I seem to recall another report to this effect. The -rv, +rv options use the pattern *reverseVideo, which could be overridden by an .Xdefaults setting, e.g., XTerm.VT100.reverseVideo appres XTerm might show the conflicting resource. Also, specifying XTerm*reverseVideo: true does not alter the startup colors. However, selecting reverse video from the middle-mouse-button menu will toggle the colors. That bypasses the resource-settings.
Bug#236006: xlibs: less/greater/bar key doesn't work with display :0 on xfree86/pc105/de
I purged xlibs, removed the remaining files in /usr/lib/X11/xkb/ and then reinstalled xlibs und xbase-clients, and now it works.
Bug#239798: X4.3.0 missing shape extension
Package: libxext6 Version: 4.3.0-7 OK, since the X upgraded to 4.3.x, I've been unable to start X sessions, Enlightenment bitches about missing shape extension... From the log files prior 4.3.x I can found the shape extensions, but after the first 4.3.x upgrade, this has been missing. I will add both logfiles and my configuration file. I'm happy to provide extra information, just name what you need. This same behaviour has stayed thru multiple updates of X related packages. My kernel version is 2.4.25, build from www.kernel.org sources. My libc6 version is 2.3.2.ds1-11. I'm running Debian Sid. Flexy # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc102 Option XkbLayout fi Option XkbVariantnodeadkeys EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Device Identifier rage Driver ati EndSection Section Monitor Identifier tft HorizSync 30-60 VertRefresh 50-75 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device rage Monitor tft DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen InputDevice Generic Keyboard InputDevice Configured Mouse EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs). XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0-7 20040318043201 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Release Date: 15 August 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.4 i686 [ELF] Build Date: 18 March 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.25 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian)) #1 Thu Feb 26 16:35:55 EET 2004 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==)
Processed: Re: Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139
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Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139
severity 239719 important thanks On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:27:04AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2004-03-24 Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: grave Tags: sid Justification: renders package unusable [...] Here is the output of dpkg --configure --debug=3773 etc [...] D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst ( ) dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: xserver-xfree86 [...] This bug matches the criteria for important exactly: | important |a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, |without rendering it completely unusable to everyone. Clearly it is not unusable to everyone otherwise it would have been reported a week ago. I am not downgrading it, as I am no part of the xfree86 maintainer-team. Neither am I, but don't let that stop you. -- Daniel Stone[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian: the universal operating system http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#239341: xdm: extraneous TCP port introduced in upstream
Package: xdm Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: normal Followup-For: Bug #239341 Hmm. The TCP port opening was introduced in xc/programs/xdm/socket.c, revision 3.11, when they removed the lines: if (request_port == 0) return; which also got backported to 4_3_0_2. See here: http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/xdm/socket.c#rev3.10.4.1 The xdmcp listening socket code was ripped out of CreateWellKnownSockets(), and my guess is that the check for request_port == 0 went accidentally. I don't see why you would want a randomly-selected chooser socket if you're not going to listen for the well-known UDP requests. I'm not familiar enough with this code to actually submit a patch. Can somebody with more clue check this out? Or maybe this should just be forwarded upstream.
Bug#239448: Problem solved. Reassign?
The problem is not with libxft2. It is with GNOME. Specifically, capplets and capplets-data. This bug should be re-assigned, though I'm not certain how the maintainer would fix it? (The depends has already been added to capplets-data.) Quick answer: apt-get install --reinstall capplets-data Long answer: My GNOME schemas were messed up because of an out of order install of the capplets packages. There was a period of time where gnome-control-center did not require capplets and capplets-data. During that period of time, I was sent an IM from a friend noting that gnome-control-center would be giving me problems unless I apt-get'ed capplets-data. (this was passed on from #debian) I proceeded to do this, but was confused by the requisite of the -data package without the base package. I installed the base package afterwards. gnome-control-center, as installed on my system, did not require either of these! It was only in this latest update cycle, with gnome-control-center updated, that the issue finally reared its head. I have tested this by rolling back to versions in my archives. The upgrade path was as thus: [gnome-control-center (1:2.4.0-5)] (Initial State) capplets-data (2.4.0-7) - capplets (2.4.0-7) (BROKEN!) gnome-control-center (2.4.0-9), capplets (2.4.0-9), capplets-data (2.4.0-9) (FIXED!) Scott. -- http://quadhome.com/- Personal webpage http://tranzoa.net/ - Corporate webpage signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#239278: xserver-xfree86: Missing dependency on cursor package?
Branden Robinson wrote: tag 239278 + moreinfo thanks On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 04:29:24PM -0800, David Liontooth wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-5 Severity: normal Tags: sid After upgrading XFree86 from 4.2 to 4.3.0-5, I was unable to start X11; it exited with the following error: could not open default font 'cursor'. A quick google and I found someone who had solved this problem by reinstalling artwiz-cursor. I didn't have that installed already, but installing it fixed my problem (and I got a cool cursor). I imagine I could have used a different cursor package. Is this a missing dependency? -- Package-specific info: Contents of /var/lib/xfree86/X.roster: xserver-xfree86 X server symlink status: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Feb 18 02:44 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 1743308 Mar 4 21:35 /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X target unchanged from checksum in /var/lib/xfree86/X.md5sum. Contents of /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.roster: xserver-xfree86 Did you remove a lot of information from this report? I plead guilty on this count. I removed it in the belief that reams of configuration information about stuff that was working fine wasn't needed. Also, when the X server failed, you should have seen a message that looked like this: #ifdef DEBIAN FatalError(could not open default cursor font '%s';\n the X server's font paths might be misconfigured, remote font server(s)\n may be unreachable, and/or local fonts may not be installed or are not\n configured correctly.\n \n People inexperienced with the X Window System should have either the\n \x-window-system\ or \x-window-system-core\ packages installed.\n # apt-get install x-window-system-core\n # apt-get install x-window-system\n \n Useful commands to run include:\n $ dpkg --status xserver-common\n $ dpkg --status xfonts-base\n $ zmore /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz, defaultCursorFont); (Please mentally translate the above C string into proper English.) Did you not see the above? Indeed I did! Now, please consider that installing artwiz-cursor solved my problem, so it's slightly disconcerting to be referred to an error message that tells me in very general terms about the x-windows system, which you will be the first to admit is an awe-inspiring pile of code, right up there with St. Paul's Cathedral. If there is not a missing dependency, I retract the report and will amuse myself in figuring out what went wrong. But couldn't we say something more helpful to someone who runs into this problem? Error messages that say Something went wrong with this program; why don't you figure it all out and then fix it? don't meet that immediate need for a well-defined way forward. Cheers, David
Bug#239830: xbase-clients: [xcalc] wrong button symbols
Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-12.1 Severity: normal Hi, xcalc has wrong or no symbols on some of it's buttons. The sqrt button has a wrong symbol (somewhat like a greek delta plus an equal sign with a tilde) and the division button has no symbol on it. I can send you a snapshot if you want. Maybe it's a font problem, so the sqrt symbol is wrong (could be avoided by using SQRT as button label). But this would not explain why the slash is missing on the division button. Uwe -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.25 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_CH Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp-3.2 1:3.2.3-9 The GNU C preprocessor ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdps1 4.2.1-12.1 Display PostScript (DPS) client li ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.3.20030719-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-12.1 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-12.1 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] ii xlibmesa3-glu [libglu1] 4.2.1-12.1 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree ii xlibs 4.2.1-12.1 X Window System client libraries -- no debconf information
Bug#239668: Bug #239668: xserver-xfree86: Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 0 on i386
Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: serious I've made the severity serious, since it appeared initially that X was completely unable to start. It turns out that the error is encountered upon loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a. After enabling NoAccel in my XF86Config-4, I got the server to start again. I would appreciate if someone (with similar hardware, if necessary) could attempt to reproduce this bug. There has been no change in my hardware or configuration (other than upgrading to the latest unstable) since X last functioned with hardware acceleration enabled. Just FYI, you made a couple of poor decisions when filing this bug report: 1) You set the severity to serious. That's a decision for the package maintainers to make. As the bug tracking system documentation spells out: serious is a severe violation of Debian policy (that is, it violates a must or required directive), or, in the package maintainer's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for release. You were not reporting a violation of Debian policy, nor are you one of the package maintainers, so your usage of the serious severity was inapposite. This is not mere nitpicking, as xfree86 4.3.0-7 is scheduled to enter testing today, and your report would have prevented that. 2) You included approximately 2 megabytes' worth of strace logs in your bug report. Since the Debian packages of xfree86 are team-maintained, a mailing list is used as the package maintainer address, and our mailing list software rejected this ridiculously large message. Consequently, few if any people saw your bug report as soon as it was submitted. Once your bug report begins to include large quantities (over 100kB or so) of attachments, it's time to start thinking about putting the information on a web page and simply providing URLs to it. Even a gzipped attachment is preferable; this would have rendered your bug report about 189kB in length, which is a big improvement on 2.2 MB. Finally, it is worth noting that if this problem were widespread among x86 users, it very likely would have been seen by many others long before now (4.3.0-7 entered unstable for i386 about a week ago). I suspect some subtle problem with your installation. We'll be happy to work with you to resolve this problem, but if you have expressed your frustration by filing an oversized bug report with an inflated severity, I would suggest there are more productive ways to request assistance. Thanks for your report; we'll see what we can do. In the meantime, have you tried using the debugging server instead? # apt-get install xserver-xfree86-dbg (You can use aptitude or your favorite package manager rather than apt-get, if you like.) [1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities -- G. Branden Robinson| The National Security Agency is Debian GNU/Linux | working on the Fourth Amendment [EMAIL PROTECTED] | thing. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Phil Lago, Deputy XD, CIA signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Processed: severity of 239668 is important, tagging 239668
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.7.95.1 severity 239668 important Bug#239668: xserver-xfree86: Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 0 on i386 Severity set to `important'. # no one else has yet seen this -- it's not RC until it's reproducible tags 239668 + unreproducible Bug#239668: xserver-xfree86: Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 0 on i386 There were no tags set. Tags added: unreproducible End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database)
Bug#239719: xserver-xfree86: v4.3.0-7 post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Okay Gents. Have done the editing of /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.[pre|post]inst To have set -x as the second line As they Both now are faulty since I downgraded to -5 and the re-updated to -7 I even did a set -x before I ran the command, as you will see. -- Begin xf86-install-set-x-debug-out Before this output of script, I edited both /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.preinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst to have set -x as the second line. Script started on Wed 24 Mar 2004 06:24:59 PM EST duke:/win1# set -x duke:/win1# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --debug=3773 --install /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb + DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer + dpkg --debug=3773 --install /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci' (Reading database ... 212053 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking xserver-xfree86 (from .../xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb) ... D01: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( ) debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is xserver-xfree86 debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config configure debconf (developer): -- GET xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons debconf (developer): -- 0 false debconf (developer): -- GET xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping debconf (developer): -- 0 true debconf (developer): -- GET xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method debconf (developer): -- 0 Medium debconf (developer): -- GET xserver-xfree86/config/modules debconf (developer): -- 0 bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, record, speedo, type1, vbe debconf (developer): -- GET xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver debconf (developer): -- 0 nvidia debconf (developer): -- METAGET shared/default-x-server owners debconf (developer): -- 0 xserver-xfree86 debconf (developer): -- METAGET shared/default-x-server choices debconf (developer): -- 0 xserver-xfree86 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 139 D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm ( ) D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci' D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting running rm -rf D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb' Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-7_i386.deb duke:/win1# exit Script done on Wed 24 Mar 2004 06:26:47 PM EST -- End xf86-install-set-x-debug-out Looks like the errors of significance are in /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/ Well that doesn't exist now. Because it gets removed by post error cleanup. One last thing I also cleaned out all the 4.3.0-7 package from /var/cache/apt/archives and re-D/Ld the 4.3.0-7 packages from Master to be sure. Have fun. You know how to get ahold of me. -- Greg Folkert, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bug#239278: xserver-xfree86: Missing dependency on cursor package?
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:53:31AM -0800, David Liontooth wrote: Did you remove a lot of information from this report? I plead guilty on this count. I removed it in the belief that reams of configuration information about stuff that was working fine wasn't needed. Trust me: 19 times out of 20, it helps. Also, when the X server failed, you should have seen a message that looked like this: #ifdef DEBIAN FatalError(could not open default cursor font '%s';\n the X server's font paths might be misconfigured, remote font server(s)\n may be unreachable, and/or local fonts may not be installed or are not\n configured correctly.\n \n People inexperienced with the X Window System should have either the\n \x-window-system\ or \x-window-system-core\ packages installed.\n # apt-get install x-window-system-core\n # apt-get install x-window-system\n \n Useful commands to run include:\n $ dpkg --status xserver-common\n $ dpkg --status xfonts-base\n $ zmore /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz, defaultCursorFont); (Please mentally translate the above C string into proper English.) Did you not see the above? Indeed I did! Now, please consider that installing artwiz-cursor solved my problem, so it's slightly disconcerting to be referred to an error message that tells me in very general terms about the x-windows system, which you will be the first to admit is an awe-inspiring pile of code, right up there with St. Paul's Cathedral. If there is not a missing dependency, I retract the report and will amuse myself in figuring out what went wrong. But couldn't we say something more helpful to someone who runs into this problem? Error messages that say Something went wrong with this program; why don't you figure it all out and then fix it? don't meet that immediate need for a well-defined way forward. It *did* say: People inexperienced with the X Window System should have either the\n \x-window-system\ or \x-window-system-core\ packages installed.\n # apt-get install x-window-system-core\n # apt-get install x-window-system\n Try removing artwiz-cursor, executing either of the above commands, and starting the X server again. -- G. Branden Robinson| Q: How does a Unix guru have sex? Debian GNU/Linux | A: unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |fsck;more;yes;fsck;fsck;fsck; http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |umount;sleep signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#239668: Bug #239668: xserver-xfree86: Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 0 on i386
Sorry about the mistake. I'm just now heading down the road to becoming a Debian developer, so my knowledge of policy is not quite up to par yet, I'll admit. I wasn't attempting to file an inflated bug report in order to be obnoxious, I was simply trying to be thorough. I was in a bit of a rush though, and I didn't realize that strace log was that large. I apologize for stepping on anyone's toes. I can understand your frustration with the report. I really appreciate you taking time to spell out the policy issue for me. I should have been aware of it, but thank you for reminding me. As for the strace logs, that was just poor judgement on my part. I'll be more careful in the future. Thank you for all the work that you and your team have put into the XFree packages. Anthony W. Juckel Branden Robinson wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: serious [..snip..] Just FYI, you made a couple of poor decisions when filing this bug report: 1) You set the severity to serious. That's a decision for the package maintainers to make. As the bug tracking system documentation spells out: serious is a severe violation of Debian policy (that is, it violates a must or required directive), or, in the package maintainer's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for release. You were not reporting a violation of Debian policy, nor are you one of the package maintainers, so your usage of the serious severity was inapposite. This is not mere nitpicking, as xfree86 4.3.0-7 is scheduled to enter testing today, and your report would have prevented that. 2) You included approximately 2 megabytes' worth of strace logs in your bug report. Since the Debian packages of xfree86 are team-maintained, a mailing list is used as the package maintainer address, and our mailing list software rejected this ridiculously large message. Consequently, few if any people saw your bug report as soon as it was submitted. Once your bug report begins to include large quantities (over 100kB or so) of attachments, it's time to start thinking about putting the information on a web page and simply providing URLs to it. Even a gzipped attachment is preferable; this would have rendered your bug report about 189kB in length, which is a big improvement on 2.2 MB. Finally, it is worth noting that if this problem were widespread among x86 users, it very likely would have been seen by many others long before now (4.3.0-7 entered unstable for i386 about a week ago). I suspect some subtle problem with your installation. We'll be happy to work with you to resolve this problem, but if you have expressed your frustration by filing an oversized bug report with an inflated severity, I would suggest there are more productive ways to request assistance. Thanks for your report; we'll see what we can do. In the meantime, have you tried using the debugging server instead? # apt-get install xserver-xfree86-dbg (You can use aptitude or your favorite package manager rather than apt-get, if you like.) [1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities
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Bug#233867: xlibs: WORKAROUND for xlib6g conflict for source-less packages
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0-7
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #233867
As I mentioned before, I had some binary packages hanging around that
depended on xlib6g. I didn't have access to the source packages for
these so I used dpkg-repack + alien to convert them:
cd to some temp dir
# dpkg-repack oldpackage1 oldpackage2 oldpackage3
use apt to install new xlibs
# alien -g oldpackage1_some.version-debversion_i386.deb
# cd oldpackage1-some.version
# debian/rules binary
# cd ..
# dpkg -i oldpackage1_some.version-newdebversion_i386.deb
This worked for me because alien created a
oldpackage_some.version/debian/control file where the Depends: line was
just ${shlibs:Depends} and so it was calculated from current packages
after the installation of xlibs. I think it does this with every
package, but you might want to review the debian/control file before the
debian/rules binary step above.
Processed: Re: Problem solved. Reassign?
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 239448 capplets-data Bug#239448: libxft2: Fails to render fonts, making GTK+ 2 and related system unusable. Bug reassigned from package `libxft2' to `capplets-data'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database)
Bug#239668: Bug #239668: xserver-xfree86: Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 0 on i386
Just to follow up, it appears that I was indeed rather premature with this report (but you all knew that anyway). I acted too hastily. I had just upgraded the xfree86 packages, and went to restart my x session and X crashed. After a little bit of debugging, and seeing a similar report on Alpha, I added another bug. I assumed that since the package simply did not start, that it qualified as a serious bug (I believe that a package that does not start in its default configuration is a serious violation of policy, but I can't find the reference now). In hindsight, I should have been more thoughtful. The package was, first of all, not in its default configuration, obviously, since I have spent time customizing my XF86Config-4 file. Secondly, I didn't check to see how long the package had been out before filing the report. Anyway, I downloaded xserver-xfree86-dbg in the hopes of finding out more information, and it started just fine. I redownloaded the standard 4.3.0-7 package, and it too worked just fine. I'm not sure exactly what the problem was on my system that day, but the very same package is working fine now. So, now that I'm sufficiently embarrassed, I'm going to recommend that this bug be closed, and start a thorough reading of the Debian Policy Manual, as well as promise to behave more sensibly in the future. Anthony W. Juckel ps. Perhaps I should have just sat back and got a nice warm cup of shut the f**k up :-) At least until I had verified it with a couple other users... Branden Robinson wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: serious I've made the severity serious, since it appeared initially that X was completely unable to start. It turns out that the error is encountered upon loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a. After enabling NoAccel in my XF86Config-4, I got the server to start again. I would appreciate if someone (with similar hardware, if necessary) could attempt to reproduce this bug. There has been no change in my hardware or configuration (other than upgrading to the latest unstable) since X last functioned with hardware acceleration enabled.
