Hi all! I just found out that you can set :passwd_format=des: in /etc/login.conf to force passwords to be DES encrypted. (needed for interoperability here) Result: when wdm tries to start xconsole, xconsole dumps core right after reading the contents of spwd.db, whenever root's password is DES encrypted. (gdb) backtrace #0 0x18224589 in strcpy () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4 #1 0x805982f in ?? () #2 0x180ccc70 in XtScreenDatabase () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #3 0x180cd6a8 in _XtDisplayInitialize () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #4 0x180c45a0 in XtOpenDisplay () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #5 0x180c46e4 in _XtAppInit () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #6 0x180cd9ae in XtOpenApplication () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #7 0x180cdb02 in XtAppInitialize () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #8 0x180cdb4b in XtInitialize () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #9 0x8049c6b in free () #10 0x804921d in free () All the links in /usr/lib are set to libdescrypt anyway, maybe somethings wrong with the linkage of the xconsole binary? This is 4.1.1-STABLE as of yesterday and the XF86 3.3.6 that came with 4.1.1-RELEASE. Patrick -- --- WEB ISS GmbH - Scheffelstr. 17a - 76135 Karlsruhe - 0721/9109-0 --- ------ Patrick M. Hausen - Technical Director - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message