On 08/16/2012 11:43 AM, Cal Webster wrote: > On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 13:56 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 08/15/2012 09:47 AM, Cal Webster wrote: >>> On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 20:55 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>>> On 08/14/2012 05:23 PM, Cal Webster wrote: >>>>> We began experiencing failed vnc connections to the console display on >>>>> servers that have been updated to EL 6.3. No such failures have occurred >>>>> on similar connections to EL 6.2 servers. >>>>> >>>>> On the client machine a normal vncviewer display appears with the >>>>> expected graphical login until the mouse pointer is moved within the >>>>> boundaries of the vncviewer window. At this point the window closes and >>>>> an error message appears in both a pop-up window and in the terminal >>>>> window in which the session was initiated stating "read: Connection >>>>> reset by peer (104)". >>>>> >>>>> On the server end, a core dump is generated and a abrt bug report is >>>>> created. >>>>> >>>>> /var/log/messages >>>>> ---------------------------------------------- >>>>> Aug 14 11:00:30 jato2 abrt[11411]: File '/usr/bin/Xorg' seems to be >>>>> deleted >>>>> Aug 14 11:00:30 jato2 abrt[11411]: Saved core dump of pid 7892 >>>>> (/usr/bin/Xorg) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2012-08-14-11:00:30-7892 >>>>> (42041344 bytes) >>>>> Aug 14 11:00:30 jato2 abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-2012-08-14-11:00:30-7892' >>>>> creation detected >>>>> ---------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> This bug has been reported in the CentOS bug tracker here: >>>>> >>>>> 0005824: tigervnc-server-module keep crashing >>>>> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5824 >>>>> >>>>> However, this appears to be a bug upstream. The source RPM provided with >>>>> CentOS is identical to that of upstream with no modifications. Also, >>>>> there is an upstream bug reported that appears to have the same >>>>> symptoms. I have added a comment to the upstream bug report (listed >>>>> below) if anyone wishes to see the details. >>>>> >>>>> tigervnc-server-module crashes with dual screen setup >>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820443 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We have verified that rebuilding the unmodified source RPM for tigervnc >>>>> produces a tigervnc-server-module RPM that does not suffer from this >>>>> bug. >>>>> >>>>> Removing the original tigervnc-server-module package and replacing it >>>>> with the rebuilt one fixes the problem. >>>>> >>>>> I've duplicated the problem on 2 EL 6.3 x86_64 single-head display >>>>> machines and have verified the fix. >>>>> >>>>> Tomorrow, I'll duplicate the problem on a dual-head x86_64 machine that >>>>> currently still works after updating to EL 6.2 then confirm the the fix. >>>>> >>>> Did you rebuild the SRPM using mock or directly on a physical machine >>>> with rpmbuild? >>> No mock, just a simple "rpmbuild -ba SPEC/tigervnc.spec" >> OK, if you find that this solves your problems for sure, I will build >> the SRPM outside of mock and see if it is different. > I've confirmed the same faulty behavior for the update to 6.3 on our > dual-head systems. > > Also confirmed is that replacing the 6.3 base tigervnc-server-module rpm > with the rebuilt one does fix the problem on the dual-head systems. > > One disturbing difference between single and dual headed systems is that > on the dual-head systems Xorg generates a core dump and completely > freezes up when the mouse movement is detected. Single-head systems just > fail to connect. This complication could be somehow caused by our > proprietary "ATI FirePro 2270" drivers, though. Once the rebuilt module > is installed the systems run fine. > > I've also updated the upstream bug report. can you see if either or both of these work for you: http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/tigervnc/ One set was built inside of mock, the other outside of mock in a virtual machine with only the build requirements of the SRPM installed. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120816/c7046e6f/attachment-0005.sig>