Re: [gentoo-hardened] hardened and X

[Markus Dittrich]

Aaron,
 
I don't have access to my box right now hence I can't
check, but I think I compiled xorg statically, i.e.
with USE="static". Maybe you can give that a try.
  
Hope it works,
Markus



Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@××××××.com> writes:
> On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 16:19, pageexec@××××××××.hu wrote:
> > > I recall that I had the same problem at some point.
> > > The cause in my case was the pie flag, which enables
> > > the DoLoadableServer and MakeDllModules options in
> > > the Xorg config file.
> >
> > indeed, it's the pie option and the dlloader that will be used
> > by the X server to load modules (vs. the elfloader). this is
> > work in progress, we've got some results with the old xfree86
> > server back last year but now the whole game restarted with
> > the x.org server. there's http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49038
> > that you may want to keep an eye on, if those issues are resolved,
> > automatic PIE/dlloader will be ready to be deployed, until then
> > it's either without PIE or you've got manual work to do as you
> > can gather it in that bug report...
> >
>
> Well, I recompiled xorg with USE=-pie and now get:
>
> Duplicate symbol __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a:bitmapmod.o
> Also defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
>
> Fatal server error:
> Module load failure
>
> I recompiled again with USE=-pie -hardened but get the same results.
>
> I read through bug #49038 but am not really sure what relates to my
> situation.  I dont have binutils-2.15 installed.  I think 2.15 was taken
> out of ~x86 before I installed this morning, so 2.14.90.0.8-r1 is
> installed.
>
> What do I need to do to get X running?  Hopefully I won't have to
> rebuild the entire system with USE=-pie -hardened...
>
> Thanks again for your help guys,
> Aaron
>
>
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