64074 – xfree ignores IPv4 when configured with ipv6-support

Bug 64074 - xfree ignores IPv4 when configured with ipv6-support

Summary: xfree ignores IPv4 when configured with ipv6-support

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers

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Reported:	2004-09-14 18:24 UTC by Florian Loitsch
Modified:	2005-01-03 12:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Florian Loitsch 2004-09-14 18:24:53 UTC

I had installed x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r6 configured for ipv6 on a machine
without ipv6 support (forgot the option in the kernel).
When I logged into this machine with "ssh -X" it refused forwarding X11.
Using strace I finally found the problem: xfree just tries to use ipv6, and
then gives up. IMO it should try ipv4 too.
Not sure, if this should go on bugs.gentoo.org, or if this is really a bug,
but it took me quite some time to figure it out...

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-01-03 12:27:38 UTC

Please reopen and change the summary if this is still a problem with >=xorg-x11-6.8.0.