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Wookey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri 24 Aug, Philip Blundell wrote:
> > >have this bug then it might even be a good idea to reassign the bug to
> > >both, and make it release critical.
>
> > I don't think we have an up to date xdm in woody right now.
>
> > I certainly used to be able to run gdm successfully on my netwinder under
> > potato, though I haven't tried it recently. Is this a new bug, or has it
> > always been there for you?
>
> I don't think xdm has ever worked on a Risc-PC (since at least 2.2r0 when I
> first started using this stuff). I forget what went wrong - it propably just
> hung or segfaulted. gdm did work however. I haven't checked recent status.
This is a long-standing bug. I believe it's mentioned in my Debian
install guide. xdm tries to access /dev/mem (IIRC), to get some random
values, and goes wrong.
Peter
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