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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

9079.0. "xhosts core dumps.. v4.0" by GIDDAY::SANKAR ("") Mon Mar 10 1997 02:00


xhosts command core dumps for a customer (university).

I tried to get the core file and dbx it,but I get

"warning: /usr/bin/X11/xhost has no symbol table -- very little is supported with
out it"



The GUI form of the xhost works OK without a problem.
The customer runs CDE.

What could be causing this and how can we get more information.

Can anyone help on this.

thanks
srinivasan sankar
csc sydney
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9079.1SEPPLT::MARKMark GarrettMon Mar 10 1997 04:5524
xhost as you know opens a connection with the current display

so find out what that display is

echo $DISPLAY
then get some info on what display we are talking to

xdpyinfo

	I have never seen xhost dump core other may have. Can I see the
core file that was produced?

	I is most likely something odd about the DISPLAY variable or the display
in question that it points at. Was xhost being used to change access or with no
paramaters to display the current access. Maybe the current access info has been
stuffed so also do the following

xauth
xauth> list

	Hope this helps

		Cheers
			Mark :)
9079.2try thisHYDRA::DONSBACHJeff Donsbach, Software Partner Engineering, DTN 297-6862Mon Mar 10 1997 12:4912
    
    If the machine is a workstation, look to see the special device
    /dev/esl is NOT there (unless they have a E&S Freedom graphics board
    which is very unlikely). If the special device file is there, remove
    it and try again. The presence of this device special file when
    you don't have an E&S boards causes lots of weird core dumps related
    to programs that use X depending on what they try to do. I'm not
    totally sure it will solve this particulat problem, but it can't hurt
    to try...
    
    Jeff D.
9079.3not the same bugGERUND::WOLFEI'm going to huff, and puff, and blow your house downTue Mar 18 1997 22:215
The bug mentioned in .2 is only seen when running dxsysinfo
on systems with the E&S device driver. It is in not a general issue
that effects other apps - especially not xhosts.  

				Pete