Bug 256603 – x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6 closes client connections by mistake

• Status: VERIFIED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Markus 2009-01-28 09:48:45 UTC]

I kept getting "Fatal IO error: client killed" or "The application 'xchat' lost its connection to the display :0.0;".
The reason is a bogus check on the filedescriptors. The fix is from upstream (included in 1.4.2+).

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use X
2. Wait for application to disapear (look in ~/.xsession-errrors

Actual Results:  
xserver closes connection

Expected Results:  
xserver should check errno correctly

[Comment 1 Markus 2009-01-28 09:53:16 UTC]

Created attachment 179930 [details, diff]
fix (stripped from upstream)

[Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2009-01-29 19:37:54 UTC]

Don't CC maintainers when you cannot assign bugs...

[Comment 3 Markus 2009-02-07 15:26:29 UTC]

Ok.
This patch is simple, is from upstream and of course works.
And it is really terrible when apllications keep closing without a reason. And as 1.3 is the current _stable_ version in portage, please push the patch!
(I am somehow confused nobody reported the problem before...)

[Comment 4 Markus 2009-04-04 13:12:12 UTC]

Why does this depend on bug 251832? This can be pushed for 1.3. If 1.5 is stable, this bug is obsolete.

[Comment 5 Markus 2009-04-06 17:14:58 UTC]

Fix is in upstream and xorg-server 1.5 is marked stable.