I have built LFS-7.2 and have added packages according to a version of the BLFS book that says it is compatible with LFS-7.2. I have installed Xorg-7.7 along with the required and recommended dependencies. When I start Xorg I observe some strange behavior, I am hoping somebody can give me an idea why this occurs and how I might prevent it.
The first thing is that after I start X, I intermittently get a window-full of messages like this: ---------------------------------------- OS Function mkdir declared OS Attempting to declare FFI mkstemp OS Function mkstemp declared OS Attempting to declare FFI open OS Function open declared OS Attempting to declare FFI opendir OS Function opendir declared OS Attempting to declare FFI pread OS Function pread declared OS Attempting to declare FFI pwrite OS Function pwrite declared OS Attempting to declare FFI read OS Function read declared OS Attempting to declare FFI readdir OS Function readdir declared OS Attempting to declare FFI rename OS Function rename declared OS Attempting to declare FFI rmdir OS Function rmdir declared OS Attempting to declare FFI splice OS Function splice declared OS Attempting to declare FFI strerror OS Function strerror declared OS Attempting to declare FFI symlink OS Function symlink declared OS Attempting to declare FFI truncate OS Function truncate declared OS Attempting to declare FFI unlink OS Function unlink declared OS Attempting to declare FFI write OS Function write declared OS Attempting to declare FFI pipe OS Function pipe declared -------------------------------------- I am guessing this is related to libffi-3.0.11, which I installed as a recommended dependency of LLVM-3.1, which in turn was a recommended dependency of MesaLib-9.0. Any ideas why I am getting this? In case it is any help, here is my .xinitrc file: -------------------------------------------- xsetroot -solid rgb:50/50/75 xsetroot -cursor_name top_left_arrow #xterm -g 640x440+0+0 & #xterm & xterm -g 200x50+0+0 & #xclock -d -strftime "%l:%M %P" -g 70x20-158+462 -padding 0 -update 15 -fg white -bg black & xclock -d -strftime "%l:%M %P" -g 70x20-20-0 -padding 0 -update 15 -fg white -bg black & twm #End file .xinitrc -------------------------------------------- The second thing that happens is when I try to set up a firewall using iptables so that local messages even from 127.0.0.1 are not accepted. I did this in LFS-6.2 without any apparent problems, and in fact one of the HOWTO's suggests that you do this. However when I block local messages I get the following when I type startx: --------------------------------------------------- [ 3886.542624] FIREWALL:INPUT IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=53 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=47598 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=34531 DPT=53 LEN=33 [ 3886.557503] FIREWALL:INPUT IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=53 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=47599 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=34531 DPT=53 LEN=33 [ 3891.577950] FIREWALL:INPUT IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=53 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=47600 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=34531 DPT=53 LEN=33 [ 3891.594048] FIREWALL:INPUT IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=53 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=47601 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=34531 DPT=53 LEN=33 --------------------------------------------------- This occurs before X actually starts, and I keep getting these messages until I type Ctrl-C. At that point Xorg seems to start up normally. Is there any way I can avoid this (other than allowing local messages to get through the firewall)? Thanks for any insight, Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
