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Bug 13020

Summary: Xconfigurator dumps core
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam>
Component: XconfiguratorAssignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd <teg>
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Version: 7.1   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Stack trace of the coredump
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strace log none

Description Sam Varshavchik 2000-06-25 18:39:49 UTC 
Attempted to repair a botched XF86Config by the installer (see bug 13018). 
This was a fresh graphical install.

Xconfigurator complains that there's no soft link from
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config to /etc/X11/XF86Config, gives two options:
create the soft link, don't create the soft link.

"Don't create soft link" dumps core immediately.  See attachment.
Comment 1 Sam Varshavchik 2000-06-25 18:41:19 UTC 
Created attachment 719 [details]
Stack trace of the coredump
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2000-07-03 05:14:02 UTC 
Reassigned to Xconfigurator.
Comment 3 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-07-12 15:52:08 UTC 
Does this still happen in beta3?
Comment 4 Sam Varshavchik 2000-07-15 00:36:36 UTC 
Yes, Xconfigurator in beta3 still dumps core in this situation.

The only difference is that the program counter on the stack backtrace is at
0x40028e38.
Comment 5 Glen Foster 2000-07-18 19:30:12 UTC 
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Winston Beta-5
Comment 6 Sam Varshavchik 2000-07-22 02:23:39 UTC 
Xconfigurator in beta4 still dumps core if the soft link is missing, and you
choose the option to decline to create it.

strace attached.
Comment 7 Sam Varshavchik 2000-07-22 02:29:19 UTC 
Created attachment 1448 [details]
strace log
Comment 8 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-07-22 23:18:19 UTC 
Fixed in CVS.