idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (01/07/90)
From: "Ian! D. Allen [CGL]" <idallen> X Window System Bug Report xbugs@expo.lcs.mit.edu VERSION: R4 CLIENT MACHINE and OPERATING SYSTEM: Any. (VS3100 Ultrix 3.0 used here) DISPLAY TYPE: Any. (Xqvss used here) WINDOW MANAGER: Any. AREA: xdm SYNOPSIS: xdm fails to parse "DisplayManager.servers: :0 local /Xserver :0" in the xdm-config file. DESCRIPTION: Coding error uses uninitialized buffer instead of server resource string. REPEAT BY: Put a line similar to "DisplayManager.servers: :0 local /Xserver :0" into your xdm-config and see that xdm doesn't spawn it. SAMPLE FIX: *** dm.c.ORIG Tue Dec 19 19:01:32 1989 --- dm.c Fri Jan 5 10:33:28 1990 *************** *** 170,176 } else { ! ParseDisplay (lineBuf, acceptableTypes, NumTypes); } } --- 171,177 ----- } else { ! ParseDisplay (servers, acceptableTypes, NumTypes); } }