Re: Gkrellm locking

On Dec 2, 2007 7:32 PM, Bill Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:39:10 -0300
> "Salatiel Filho" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Well, thanks for the effort, but I'm sorry to say the stack trace doesn't
> > > help.
> > > I hoped it would show a backtrace into gkrellmms functions, but it
> > > doesn't.
> > > Now I don't know what is going on.
> >
> > anything else i can do help to find a fix , or do i just have to get use to
> > this ? :/
>
> The thing I do know is that there can be an interaction with threads
> and libxmms calling setuid().  So even though the stack trace didn't
> isolate your problem specifically to that, I do wonder if it really is the
> same problem.
>
> What I've done in cases where it affects me is to intercept the setuid()
> calls so they don't do anything and that allows gkrellmms to run on my
> boxes without a problem.   There appears to be no side effects so I don't
> know why libxmms needs to do the setuid().
>
> You can try the same experiment if you want to compile a gkrellm.  In the
> just released 2.3.1, you can edit the gkrellm-2.3.1/src/deprecated.c file
> and towards the bottom of the file change the line
>         #if 0
> to
>         #if 1
> to enable compiling in a couple of setuid() functions.
>
> If you can then run gkrellmms without gkrellm hanging, then it's the same
> problem but I don't know the right fix since it seems to be a low level
> interaction of a Linux thread exiting during a setuid() call.
> Until I know more you could just run your compiled version.
>
> But if you still have the problem, it's something new and it would take more
> digging to track down.  If this is the case, how long can you typically run
> before it hangs?
>
>
> Bill
>

Thanks Bill for all your help. Well , i just compiled 2.3.1 , changing
that line you said , and now the problem is even worse , but much more
deterministic...
When i click play button in gkrellmms , gkrellm locks... If i start
gkrellm with xmms running , gkrellm also locks :/
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