Subject: Re: IPv6-enabled XFree86 4.4.0 with IPv4-only kernel
To: None <devel@XFree86.Org>
From: David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.Org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 01/08/2004 14:05:35
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:09:50AM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
>[CC'ed to devel@xfree86.org as well]
>
>On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 08:44:09AM +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>> 
>> On 8 Jan 2004, at 02:38, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
>> 
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >While I'm testing XFree86 4.4.0RCx releases recently, I can't find
>> >how to make IPv6-enabled XFree86 work with a IPv4-only kernel.
>> 
>> What kind of errors/failures are you experiencing ?
>> I've run the IPv6 enabled XFree86 on machines with v4 only kernels
>> without problems.
>
>The error message is as follows:
>
>_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.

David
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David Dawes
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