misc/80979: when hostname is not configured well, xsm core dumps on login

Colin Coghill colin at under-the-fridge.com
Fri May 13 13:20:03 GMT 2005


>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 at 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:


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