Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.25-rc6-git6: Reported regressions from 2.6.24 | Date | Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:11:13 +0100 |
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On Wednesday, 26 of March 2008, Ray Lee wrote: > 2008/3/21 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>: > > This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.24 reported since > > 2.6.25-rc1 was released, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know > > of. If any of them have been fixed already, please let me know. > [...] > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10041 > > Subject : 2.6.25-rc1/2 regression: first-time login into gnome fails > > Submitter : Romano Giannetti <romanol@upcomillas.es> > > Date : 2008-02-18 11:56 (33 days old) > > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/18/145 > > Handled-By : Ray Lee <ray-lk@madrabbit.org> > > This appears to be a race in user space that people have been hitting > for some time, but has gotten more likely with the latest kernel. It > matches the behavior of a gnome dbus bug [ > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395488 ]. The way to avoid > that bug is to install the dbus-x11 package which forces dbus to start > up earlier, avoiding the race. > > Though the original reporter hasn't replied, Christoph Hellwig hit the > same issue and was able to confirm that installing the dbus-x11 > package avoids the issue, papering over bug, wherever it may lie. > Regardless, there are reports of this issue that go back before > 2.6.25, so I don't think this is a regression, just a timing issue > that's a lot easier to hit with the latest kernel. > > This is one of those things that'd be nice to have in a Known Issues > document in the kernel release. "Debian and derivative distributions > may need to install dbus-x11 package to avoid a known userspace issue > in the dbus package. [gnome bug 395488]"
Okay, I closed the bug (resolution WILL_NOT_FIX).
Thanks, Rafael
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