Bug 15190

Summary:	crashing while in a multiplatform environment and X11 forwarding
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	jaron <jaron>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	3.3-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description jaron 1999-11-30 17:40:01 UTC

3.2-RELEASE Toshiba Portege ssh2 to a Linux Firewall and X11 forwarding.
3.3-RELEASE Dell Inspiron ssh2 to the same Linux Frewall and X11 forwarding.

The Toshiba never crashes, I run Netscape mail xmms whatnot from the Linux
machine, however the Dell crashes on a consistant manner with X11 forwarding.
Often its during a key press sometimes its just at random.  But the Dell
is also used on other networks, where it never crashes while X11 forwarding.

Since this is a multiplatform environment, and the method of running X applications,
from one machine to the other, finding "where" the bug is, can be difficult,
and as I feel reluctant to provide logs and kernel dumps of both machines.

I do suspect it is a problem on the 3.3-RELEASE side though, but that still
can be unsure, just becuase ssh2 works on other *BSD's doesn't make it
exempt.

How-To-Repeat: Set up sshd2 (latest and greatest) on a Linux machine (2.2.x)/RedHat 6.0
install ssh2 on a 3.3-RELEASE box, *possibly with PAO drivers*.
Start running X applications from the Linux machine.  Netscape, gimp etc.
Givin time the 3.3-R machine will completely crash.  The longest I have
gotten it to maintain "normal" operations was approximately 36 hours, till
I hit "home" in xmms to select a song to listen to.

Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn 1999-12-01 16:19:39 UTC

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:38:13 PST, jaron@nethere.net wrote:

> Set up sshd2 (latest and greatest) on a Linux machine (2.2.x)/RedHat 6.0
> install ssh2 on a 3.3-RELEASE box, *possibly with PAO drivers*.
> Start running X applications from the Linux machine.  Netscape, gimp etc.
> Givin time the 3.3-R machine will completely crash.  The longest I have
> gotten it to maintain "normal" operations was approximately 36 hours, till
> I hit "home" in xmms to select a song to listen to.

What are you hoping for in terms of help if you won't supply kernel
messages nor a backtrace from the crash dump?  I doubt there are too
many people with your exact configuration who have the time and
inclination to set things up the way you have them.

In terms of "the usual suspects", are you overclocking?  Are you
convinced that you're testing fairly in the two different environments
(i.e. giving the box as long to crash on "other networks" as you give it
in the suspect environment)?  What have you tried removing from the
equation (i.e. export applications from a FreeBSD box instead of from a
Linux box).

What's the problem with providing kernel log messages and a backtrace
anyway?

Ciao,
Sheldon.

Comment 2 Mike Heffner freebsd_committer

2001-06-30 01:51:40 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

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