Bug 9678

Summary: running fbset on machine w/X hangs machine
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Brock Organ <borgan>
Component: fbsetAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Version: 6.2CC: rvokal
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Description Brock Organ 2000-02-22 17:04:14 UTC
running fbset on machine w/X hangs machine (ultra1.test.redhat.com):

[root@ultra1 /root]# strace fbset 2>&1 | tee strace.fbset.log
execve("/usr/sbin/fbset", ["fbset"], [/* 25 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x26ed0
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=22607, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 22607, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7001c000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=4351896, ...}) = 0
read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\22\0\0\0\1\0\1\351"...,
8192) = 8192
mmap(NULL, 1115448, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7002c000
mprotect(0x70124000, 99640, PROT_NONE)  = 0
mmap(0x7012c000, 57344, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xf0000) = 0x7012c000
mmap(0x7013a000, 9528, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7013a000
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x7001c000, 22607)               = 0
personality(PER_LINUX)                  = 0
getpid()                                = 832
open("/dev/fb0", O_RDONLY)              = 3
ioctl(3, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, 0xeffff9d8) = 0
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7001c000
<--- at this point the machine is hung, you cannot access it via console,
or remotely (though you can still ping it), so a hard reboot is necessary
to restore the system...

Comment 1 Preston Brown 2001-03-23 21:49:40 UTC
can't duplicate this with fbset 2.1.