On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
> > Any kernel /var/log/messages about the kill.
> >
> > Does something like "XFree86 -probeonly" even work?
>
> No, -probeonly fails in exactly the same way. But I hit paydirt in the
> kernel logs:
>
> Sep 9 18:30:53 [kernel] PAX: terminating task:
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86(XFree86):6729, uid/euid: 0/0, EIP: 08247BB8, ESP:
> BFF7F02C
> Sep 9 18:33:15 [kernel] PAX: terminating task:
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86(XFree86):14043, uid/euid: 0/0, EIP: 08247BB8, ESP:
> BFFF435C
> Sep 9 18:36:13 [kernel] PAX: terminating task:
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86(XFree86):23363, uid/euid: 0/0, EIP: 08247BB8, ESP:
> BFF31D0C
> o
>
> So it IS the kernel's fault. Google says PAX controls security. I have
> someplace to start now, but feel free to shout out the quick fix if you see
> one.
Perhaps permissions on one of the device/proc files are wrong or something.
Does the behavior change between running as root and running as a user?
Mark.
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