Subject: Re: Something not quite right with utmp(x)
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@tac.gw.com>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
List: current-users
Date: 05/30/2005 17:15:14
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:07:27AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <20050527083737.GD21269@dmath5.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at>,
> Thomas Klausner  <wiz@NetBSD.org> wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >When I quit my Xserver, I sometimes (not always) get the
> >following message on my console, but not in any log files
> >AFAICT: 
> >
> >waiting for X server to shut down utmp_update: Current user `wiz' does not match
> > `' in utmpx entry
> >
> >That's on 3.99.5/i386. I usually start the X server with
> >"startx" and open two rxvt windows.
> >
> >Additionally, just now, when logging out, I got:
> >May 27 10:28:54 hiro login: pam_sm_close_session(): no utmp record for console
> >on the console and into /var/log/authlog.
> >
> >Has anyone else seen these?
> >
> >Any ideas what could cause them?
> 
> rxvt is broken?

What should I look for in rxvt?

That still leaves the
	login: pam_sm_close_session(): no utmp record for console
which I get after every logout on the console, which I don't think
has anything to do with rxvt. Any idea about that?

 Thomas