Subject: y2k/8590: y2k crashes X
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <yanek@ifxcorp.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/09/1999 10:06:44
>Number: 8590
>Category: y2k
>Synopsis: y2k crashes X
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: y2k-manager (NetBSD Year 2000 bug manager)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 9 10:06:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Yanek Martinson
>Organization:
IFX Corp
>Release: 1.4
>Environment:
NetBSD yanix 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (YANIX) #10: Thu Jul 22 17:53:01 PDT 1999 root@yanix:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/YANIX i386
>Description:
Changing system date (using 'date' command) from within an
xterm crashes the entire X server.
This is has also been reproduced on Solaris, Linux and
Digital Unix (Alpha) so is not specific to NetBSD not even
to Xfree.
>How-To-Repeat:
in an xterm, change system date past 2000
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: