Subject: Re: IPv6-enabled XFree86 4.4.0 with IPv4-only kernel
To: None <devel@XFree86.Org>
From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Martin_MOKREJ=A9?= <mmokrejs@natur.cuni.cz>
List: tech-x11
Date: 01/08/2004 21:44:05
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, David Dawes wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 09:11:59PM +0100, Martin MOKREJS wrote:
> >On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, David Dawes wrote:
> >> >
> >> >_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
> >> >_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/krishna.mogua.com:0
> >> >_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
> >> >
> >> >Fatal server error:
> >> >Failed to establish all listening sockets
> >>
> >> You need to include -DPART_NET in your ServerOsDefines.  This makes
> >> things like that non-fatal.  XFree86 servers build with this option
> >> by default.
> >
> >I had the same problem on my Gentoo Linux box, I "fixed" that by enabling
> >IPv6 in kernel. i just want to point out the flags should get into the
> >mainstream distribution, or I'm desperate users who missed that critical
> >requirement in RELNOTES .... :)
>
> Did you get a fatal error, or just a (harmless) warning message?
> Like I said, for a default build of the XFree86 servers, this would
> just be a non-fatal warning.

That was fatal in my case.

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