Bug 673976

Summary: VNC server crashes at startup if more than 256 interfaces are defined on the system
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: vncAssignee: Adam Tkac <atkac>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Cermak <mcermak>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.6CC: atkac, azelinka, cww, mcermak, ofourdan, ovasik, pm-eus, tim.cleveland+rhbug
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Patch, ZStream
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Hardware: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
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On a system with more than 256 network interfaces, Xvnc terminated unexpectedly during startup. This error has been fixed, and Xvnc no longer crashes on systems with a large number of network interfaces.
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Last Closed: 2011-02-11 23:59:24 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 659273    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2011-01-31 09:10:22 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #659273 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 7 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-01-31 13:10:59 UTC
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On a system with more than 256 network interfaces, Xvnc terminated unexpectedly during startup. This error has been fixed, and Xvnc no longer crashes on systems with a large number of network interfaces.

Comment 10 Martin Cermak 2011-02-01 11:44:58 UTC
Comment #9 => VERIFIED

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-02-11 23:59:24 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0216.html