Bug#2351: xdm doesn't detect gpm mouse lock
Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-7
According to dpkg -l :
ii xbase 3.1.2 7 XFree86 3.1.2 base distribution.
ii gpm 1.00 11 A mouse event server for the Linux console
ii xserver-s3 3.1.2 3 XFree86 3.1.2 S3 server
When I run gpm (from init.d in my case) then run xdm, xdm either:
a) general protection faults listed as 0000
b) repeatedly runs and lets die the X server (at least it looks like
this is what is happening. I needed to reboot to stop it,
then it gives a gp fault.
If I run startx it complains that it cannot get the mouse resource, and when
I kill gpm, it runs without a problem. It appears that xdm is fine, but the
X server keeps failing.
I recommend that xdm detect fatal conditions such as unavailable resources,
or that the X servers be given a way to communicate to xdm that they will
not recover from whatever error by reloading. Perhaps there are some
considerations of a user creating such a condition in order to terminate xdm
and thus breach security, esp. if xdm is started manually by the root user.
When xdm is cycling X, hitting the cntrl-alt-del allows me to view a general
protection fault before reboot:
general protection: 0000
EIP: 0010:0014a115
EFLAGS: 00010206
eax: 6e6f632d ebx: 00215910 ecx: 007c1dd0 edx: 002c5000
esi: 00330f54 edi: 00330f54 ebp: 007c1e8c esp: 007c1e00
ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018
Process xdm (pid: 621, process nr 6, stackpage=007c10000
or is it 007c|0000?
I typed this in by hand since I couldn't cut/paste during a reboot. So how
did I manage to get all the numbers? (I didn't write down stacks/traces)
I hit scroll-lock during reboot and the system just sat there until I was
done... should it listen for scroll lock while it's rebooting?
Most of the system is development stuff from ftp.microworld.net but the
kernel is still listed as 1.2.13-7.
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