[FreeNX-kNX] Odd nxagent segfault issue

Christopher Layne clayne at anodized.com
Sun Oct 14 05:15:18 UTC 2007


On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 09:27:12AM +0100, Alastair Johnson wrote:
> > Oh, I don't remember, but I thought that 64 bit <-> 64 bit did work, but I
> > could be wrong.
> >
> > Perhaps also the new 64bit client has some changes that make it work with
> > the old 64 bit nxagent.
> 
> The bit I find confusing is that it's not strictly related to the client 
> version. Take the Server 2 case for example. It is fine with the 32 bit 
> client from Client 2, and the 64 bit client from Server 1. It fails with both 
> the (older) 32 bit client and the 64 bit client from Client 1. The 64 bit 
> clients are the same version, but 1 is on Gentoo and the other on FC7.

The 32-bit client doesn't jive with a 64-bit server.

The crashes are happening when manipulating backing store related data.
As a workaround until NX becomes fully 64-bit clean, disable backing store.

-cl



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