Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-19 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 06:59:03PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Xdm doesn't need that much data, though (note that it only reads gobs of > data in the #ifndef DEV_RANDOM case; in other words, when it has a > non-entropic source). I'm tempted to have it read from /dev/random and > get real entr

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-18 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 10:45:25PM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 10:21:18PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Edit xc/programs/xdm/Imakefile to: > > * add DEV_RANDOM to the defines passed to the compiler ifdef > > LinuxArchitecture > > * add ArmArchitecture, IA64Architec

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-18 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 10:21:18PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Edit xc/programs/xdm/Imakefile to: > * add DEV_RANDOM to the defines passed to the compiler ifdef > LinuxArchitecture > * add ArmArchitecture, IA64Architecture, and MipsArchitecture to the > list to the list for those for which

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:55:21PM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 12:35:11PM -0400, Mike Martin wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:15:12 +0200 > > Fair enough. I've replaced strace.xdm.txt with a new one. > > MikeM > Thanks a lot! The problem is in xdm's genauth.c sumFile fun

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-12 Thread Guido Guenther
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 12:35:11PM -0400, Mike Martin wrote: > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:15:12 +0200 > Fair enough. I've replaced strace.xdm.txt with a new one. > MikeM Thanks a lot! The problem is in xdm's genauth.c sumFile function. XDM reads blindly lot's of data from /dev/mem. When it hits the GIO

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-12 Thread Mike Martin
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:15:12 +0200 Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:39:04AM -0400, Mike Martin wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:23:18 +0200 > > Output of strace availible here: > > http://overlord.linux-dude.com/strace.xdm.txt > I think you need to call strac

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-12 Thread Guido Guenther
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:39:04AM -0400, Mike Martin wrote: > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:23:18 +0200 > Output of strace availible here: > http://overlord.linux-dude.com/strace.xdm.txt I think you need to call strace with -f to trace the forks too. -- Guido

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-12 Thread Mike Martin
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:23:18 +0200 Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Branden wrote: > > If it's the same kernel bug I've seen on ia64 and heard about on ARM, > > xdm is in a select(). > > > Please do discuss this on this list. xdm doesn't even work for remote X > > servers at present (

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-12 Thread Guido Guenther
Branden wrote: > If it's the same kernel bug I've seen on ia64 and heard about on ARM, > xdm is in a select(). > Please do discuss this on this list. xdm doesn't even work for remote X > servers at present (or, at least, the last time I looked at this). Thanks for the pointer. Yes this might be t

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 12:41:48PM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > Hi Martin, > thanks for the backtrace. > [..snip..] > > Process X (pid: -2011230548, stackpage=8a4c4000) > This looks very weird...next thing to do would be to spot the place in > xdm where it crashes the kernel(I already know i

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-10 Thread Guido Guenther
Hi Martin, thanks for the backtrace. [..snip..] > Process X (pid: -2011230548, stackpage=8a4c4000) This looks very weird...next thing to do would be to spot the place in xdm where it crashes the kernel(I already know it's before it forks the X server) shall we take this off list, it's only mar

Re: Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-09 Thread Mike Martin
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:41:35 -0400 Mike Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an Indy (MIPS R4600SC) that dies when I run xdm > > There is a known bug that causes xdm to Oops the 2.4.X kernels. I would > like to know if there is something I can do to help locate the cause of > this proble

Want to help fix xdm on MIPS

2002-08-09 Thread Mike Martin
I have an Indy (MIPS R4600SC) that dies when I run xdm There is a known bug that causes xdm to Oops the 2.4.X kernels. I would like to know if there is something I can do to help locate the cause of this problem. I understand a decoded Oops is what is needed. Can anyone point me in the right d