Subject: Re: IPv6-enabled XFree86 4.4.0 with IPv4-only kernel
To: None <devel@xfree86.org, tech-x11@NetBSD.org>
From: David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.Org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 01/08/2004 16:10:52
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 09:44:05PM +0100, Martin MOKREJS wrote:
>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.

Do you know why?  I.e., did you modify anything in the build
configuration, or are you using some other source tree?

David
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David Dawes
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