On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:03:39PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 > Version: 2.6.26-10 > Severity: normal > > Identical to ubuntu bug 269954: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/269954 > > I've got a 2.6.26-1-amd64 box that is getting the occasional stale > return result from an stat() access for .Xauthority, which is a pain > because it means I can't open new X clients when this happens. It is > rather rare, happening from thrice a day to once per week, and I > suspect it depends on the pattern of usage of whether I am logging > into other machines often with ssh (which atomically renames > .Xauthority on the remote host, giving this bug the opportunity to > arise), or not. > > Opening an xterm locally on the 2.6.26-1 client does this: >
[..] > > The ubuntu bug says that this started in 2.6.24, and still exists (in > somewhat mitigated form) in 2.6.27. I haven't tried mainline kernels > yet because this is a production box, although this thread doesn't > give me much encouragement that Trond has even been able to reproduce > the bug: http://marc.info/?t=121316971700004&r=1&w=2 Given that this is a longstanding problem and subtle to catch I'd suggest to try to reproduce this with 2.6.28 and to open a bugreport at bugzilla.kernel.org if it can be reproduced with 2.6.28. This way all information on this issue is collected in a single place and easier to track for the NFS developers. Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
