https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c1 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mboman@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-20 18:36:07 MST --- *** Bug 299623 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=299623 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c3 --- Comment #3 from Egbert Eich 2007-08-20 22:31:52 MST --- The problem only occurs when vga text console is active which is a much less often checked code path as most people today use vesafb. Appearantly setfont performs some hardware access despite of the fact that the console is in KD_GRAPHICS mode. The described fix is really a workaround that avoids the real problem. This issue should be looked at. Please reassign it to me with RESOLVED LATER when done. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c5 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC|coolo@novell.com |jw@novell.com AssignedTo|jw@novell.com |coolo@novell.com --- Comment #5 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-20 23:38:52 MST --- Reassigning to Coolo. earlyxdm is part of preload package. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c7 --- Comment #7 from Dirk Mueller 2007-08-21 08:05:27 MST --- hmm. I've looked a bit at the setfont code and the kernel code. I believe that dropping the kbd patch "be-nice-to-kdm" for setfont and replacing it with a return -1 in line 269 would fix the issue. one part I don't understand in the kernel is that the PIO_FONT calls don't always work on the vty that was passed in, but most of the time on the current foreground vty. however, sometimes they operate on the one that was passed in, and I guess here a check is missing if this is the one in foreground, and otherwise not trash the graphics card. to me, its a kernel bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c9 --- Comment #9 from Juergen Weigert 2007-08-21 12:04:07 MST --- Compatibility crap removed from setfont. No more fighting against xdm with delay loops. We are faster now, so earlykbd is now again the way to go. Submitted to stable. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c11 --- Comment #11 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-21 13:06:34 MST --- Created an attachment (id=158818) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=158818) kbd-1.12-132.i586.rpm -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c13 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info Provider|sndirsch@novell.com |mboman@novell.com --- Comment #13 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-08-21 13:18:26 MST --- Magnus, please test again with disabled framebuffer and with the updated kbd RPM installed. Also add kbd to Required-Start of earlyxdm. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c15 Magnus Boman changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|mboman@novell.com | --- Comment #15 from Magnus Boman 2007-08-22 02:08:56 MST --- Clearing needinfo. Awaiting further information as per Comment#14 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c17 --- Comment #17 from Dirk Mueller 2007-08-22 03:43:37 MST --- Created an attachment (id=158947) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=158947) patch 002 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 Dirk Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jw@novell.com |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com Component|Basesystem |Kernel -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c20 Dirk Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #158947|0 |1 is obsolete| | --- Comment #20 from Dirk Mueller 2007-08-24 05:21:57 MST --- Created an attachment (id=159682) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=159682) new patch for 002 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c21 --- Comment #21 from Dirk Mueller 2007-08-24 05:24:21 MST --- I agree, patch 3 is not really correct. I've updated patch 2 to use vga_is_gfx instead, which should fix the bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c23 --- Comment #23 from Dirk Mueller 2007-08-27 01:51:04 MST --- the latest attachment is the minimally necessary fix. patch 001 is useful as well, though on factory we patched the setfont utility to no longer activate this code path. Note that there is a another duplicate of this bug tracking the very same bug for SLE10. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c24 --- Comment #24 from Egbert Eich 2007-08-27 03:09:40 MST --- The second patch prevents setfont from accessing vga registers on the card when the card is in graphics mode KD_GRAPHICS as we assume, that someone else (ie. the Xserver) is in charge of the HW in which case accessing the vga registers may (at best) have no effect (not even the desired one) or (at worst) interfer with settings the graphics driver has made. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 Christoph Thiel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com AssignedTo|kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com |hare@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c27 Hannes Reinecke changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #27 from Hannes Reinecke 2007-09-04 08:05:54 MST --- Patch has been added to our kernel CVS for STABLE. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c29 --- Comment #29 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-07 15:35:19 MST --- http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_10.3_dev * setfont breaks first Xserver start (Bug #302010) -> online update pending -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c31 --- Comment #31 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-07 23:57:04 MST --- Thanks. Scott, please test if the kernel update really fixes the problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c33 Ladislav Michnovic changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #33 from Ladislav Michnovic 2007-09-11 02:57:09 MST --- I have applied the kernel update. Seemed to be fixed. But: Have you tried switch to init 3 and than back to init 5? The graphical output get distorted then again. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c35 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #35 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-11 03:38:00 MST --- I'm not sure, Coolo. It could be the same issue. Ladislav, is the issue still reproducable after adding kbd as Required start to earlyxdm or enabling the kernel framebuffer (I'm asuming it is disabled)? Is the graphical output fixed after pressing Ctrl-Alt-BS (starts a new Xserver)? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c36 Ladislav Michnovič changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |REOPENED Info Provider|lmichnovic@novell.com | --- Comment #36 from Ladislav Michnovič 2007-09-11 03:59:26 MST --- (In reply to comment #35 from Stefan Dirsch)

Ladislav, is the issue still reproducable after adding kbd as Required start to earlyxdm

After that X server is broken right after booting.

or enabling the kernel framebuffer (I'm asuming it is disabled)? How can I enable framebuffer on old PCI Matrox card? Maybe someone should try to reproduce this on different machine with more recent graphics card.

Is the graphical output fixed after pressing Ctrl-Alt-BS (starts a new Xserver)? Yes.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c38 --- Comment #38 from Dirk Mueller 2007-09-11 05:46:49 MST --- I think this problem has nothing to do with this particular bug. please open a new bugreport. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c40 --- Comment #40 from Ladislav Michnovič 2007-09-11 05:52:55 MST --- *** Bug 298795 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298795 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c42 --- Comment #42 from Ladislav Michnovič 2007-09-11 07:07:22 MST --- (In reply to comment #41 from Stefan Dirsch)

...

also with framebuffer The issue does not occur with framebuffer. If it went away by enabling the framebuffer it is rather likely that the issue still exists. :-(

It stop occurring at all. It's probably hw problem. I have more strange problems on that machine so I think this needs proper testing on more computers with various hw constellations. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c44 Rodney Crossman changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rodc@ravenet.ca --- Comment #44 from Rodney Crossman 2007-09-27 20:13:23 MST --- I've been having issues with X on my 10.3rc1 64 bit machine and all bugs I find matching my issues refer to this bug. Was this supposed to have been fixed in rc1 or is this still a work in progress? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c46 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #46 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-10-28 08:53:42 MST --- Given the amount of bugs we got for this issue since releasing 10.3 I no longer think this Bug can be considered fixed. :-( Workaround to fix race condition between kbd and earlyxdm --------------------------------------------------------- 1) add kbd to "Should-Start:" line of /etc/init.d/earlyxdm 2) run insserv 3) reboot the machine If this still doesn't help, add 'sleep <seconds>' right before 'exec /etc/init.d/xdm ${1+"$@"}' in /etc/init.d/earlyxdm. Reboot. IMHO we should make 1) the default for 11.0 and even provide an updated preload RPM for 10.3. I think that making sure that our customers get a proper keyboard after booting is more important than gaining maybe once second in the boot process. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Kernel |Basesystem -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c48 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kq8z67r6309fo9001@sneakemail.com --- Comment #48 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-10-28 09:14:48 MST --- *** Bug 331528 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331528 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c52 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|sndirsch@novell.com | --- Comment #52 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-10-29 04:06:32 MST --- (In reply to comment #50 from Stephan Kulow)

Stephan, is there a way to find out from the system configuration if the problem will hit? I did not read all comments in all duplicates, but it seems it's frame buffer specific and we can disable earlyxdm only on those for 10.3

I'm not sure if it only happens with enabled framebuffer. I'm not aware of any confirmation of the affected persons in this bugreport that the issue has been fixed with the kernel patch when framebuffer is disabled. Magnus, Stephen (Shaw), Ladislav, Scott, Julian? I'm not aware of any way to find out from the system configuration if the problem will hit. I'm only aware of a way to prevent this issue. ;-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c54 --- Comment #54 from Stephan Kulow 2007-10-30 07:25:31 MST --- Stefan: if you add kbd to earlyxdm you pretty much erase the difference between earlyxdm and xdm, because kbd is started very late in the process (which is also the reason for the trouble :). How can tty20 end up in KBD_TTY?

From init.d/kbd: if test -z "$KBD_TTY"; then # >=tty7 left out intentionaly KBD_TTY="tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6" fi

So I guess the fix is to filter out tty7 even if it's in sysconfig. JW, that would be your work around then :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c56 --- Comment #56 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-10-30 08:22:51 MST --- Well, I just don't believe that this issue only occurs on systems with tty7 and higher in KBD_TTY. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c58 --- Comment #58 from Ladislav Michnovič 2007-10-30 08:32:25 MST --- file /etc/init.d/kbd; from line 85: # Calculate KBD_TTY array only once # Caution: Keep in sync with earlykbd.init # if test -z "$KBD_TTY"; then # >=tty7 left out intentionaly KBD_TTY="tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6" fi newkbd="" for tty in $KBD_TTY; do test -w /dev/$tty || continue test -c /dev/$tty || continue > /dev/$tty &> /dev/null || continue newkbd="${newkbd:+$newkbd }/dev/$tty" done KBD_TTY="$newkbd" unset newkbd -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c60 --- Comment #60 from Henryk Hecht 2007-10-30 16:58:32 MST --- Regarding comment #54: ttys 7-20 ended up in /etc/sysconfig/kbd because suse put them there at some point. Just as with the other reporter who had the extra ttys, this system has been upgraded many times, so I've no idea at what point that was. They stay in KBD_TTY because nothing in /etc/init.d/kbd removes them! Regarding comments #58-59: KBD_TTY is only set in /etc/init.d/kbd if it is empty or unset at that point, after sourcing /etc/sysconfig/keyboard. In other words, it just provides a default. Certainly, in the case that it's tty{1..20} the conditional is dead code and the filter does nothing. If setfont should really not be called on ttys > 6, then /etc/init.d/kbd should actually filter the list based on device name, not just on whether it is a writable character device. If I understand the comments above, Mr. Michnovic no longer has any problems logging in, but only with display of Czech characters; this sounds like a very different bug from the setfont/kdm login bugs that have been marked as duplicates of this one...whatever the case, my own setfont problems were strictly limited to the extra ttys being setfont'd after earlyxdm, and this was the case for at least some other submitters. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c62 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mfabian@novell.com --- Comment #62 from Stefan Dirsch 2008-01-08 07:28:36 MST --- Mike is another victim. magellan:/etc/sysconfig/keyboard KBD_TTY="tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 tty7 tty8 tty9 tty10 tty12 tty13 tty14 tty15 tty16 tty17 tty18 tty19 tty20" Mike, could you remove anything higher than tty6? This should help in the future. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c64 --- Comment #64 from Stefan Dirsch 2008-01-30 10:46:21 MST --- SUSE LINUX 10.1 / SLES10 was already limited to the range of tty1-tty6. So this changed somewhere between SLES9 (SUSE LINUX 9.1) and SLES10 from range of tty1-tty20 to range of tty1-tty6. So only users, who are updating since at least SuSE Linux 10.0 or SLES9 can/will be affected by this issue. .. -> 10.0 -> 10.1 -> 10.2 -> 10.3 -> ... .. -> SLES9 -> SLES10 -> SLES11 -> ... I'm mostly concerned about SLES customers here. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 User werner@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c67 --- Comment #67 from Dr. Werner Fink 2008-01-31 04:02:58 MST --- With this /usr/bin/lsof should become /bin/lsof .. and lsof can be used within other programs with e.g. lsof -nF cpn -- /dev/tty[0-9]* which list with identifiers the process command name, the process ID, and the file name. An other option would be to use fuser fuser -n file /dev/tty[0-9] /dev/tty[0-9][0-9] 2>&1 but note that the pids are on stdout whereas the names will be printed on stderr (therefore I've used the redirect). And the pid has to be checked with ps or somehow else. At last but not least the normal ps command could be used: . /etc/sysconfig/keyboard ps -o tty=,comm= t ${KBD_TTY// /,} tty4 mingetty tty5 mingetty tty6 mingetty tty2 mingetty tty3 mingetty tty7 X tty1 mingetty with tty it looks like ps -o pid=,comm= t tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6,tty6,tty7 tty4 mingetty tty5 mingetty tty6 mingetty tty2 mingetty tty3 mingetty tty7 X tty1 mingetty -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010#c69 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |roger.larsson@e-gatan.se --- Comment #69 from Stefan Dirsch 2008-02-09 18:28:12 MST --- *** Bug 360373 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=360373 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.