Debian bug report logs - #1558 xbase contains /dev/:0 -> /dev/console Package: xbase ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; 25 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Fri Oct 6 19:29:16 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t1P0l-0006KJC; Fri, 6 Oct 95 19:29 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03529 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 6 Oct 1995 19:28:55 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t1P0f-000BzJC; Sat, 7 Oct 95 03:29 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 7 Oct 95 03:27 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 7 Oct 95 03:27 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address X-Debian-Cc: Aldabra Stoddard Subject: xbase contains /dev/:0 -> /dev/console Package: xbase Version: 3.1.2-3 -chiark:~> ll /dev/:0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 500 7 Sep 20 22:30 /dev/:0 -> console -chiark:~> dpkg -=search /dev/:0 xbase: /dev/:0 -chiark:~> I don't know why this was put there, but it breaks `talk'. When logging in using X the `sessreg' program is used to add a utmp entry: -chiark:~> who ian :0 Oct 6 13:13 [...] -chiark:~> :0 appears in the ut_line field in utmp. If one then gets a talk request the talk daemon obviously and correctly tries to see if /dev/:0 is useable. (Usually the ut_line field contains `ttyp3' or something similar.) Unfortunately, because of the symlink, talk sees that /dev/console is available and uses it. This means that the talk request message gets sent to the current VC, which is usually the X VC. The user hears console-style beeps, but is unable to find where they are coming from. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Aldabra Stoddard . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1558 ; Package xbase . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov