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Current FreeBSD problem reports

The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases.

Bugs can be in one of several states:

o - open
A problem report has been submitted, no sanity checking performed.
a - analyzed
The problem is understood and a solution is being sought.
f - feedback
Further work requires additional information from the originator or the community - possibly confirmation of the effectiveness of a proposed solution.
p - patched
A patch has been committed, but some issues (MFC and / or confirmation from originator) are still open.
r - repocopy
The resolution of the problem report is dependent on a repocopy operation within the CVS repository which is awaiting completion.
s - suspended
The problem is not being worked on, due to lack of information or resources. This is a prime candidate for somebody who is looking for a project to do. If the problem cannot be solved at all, it will be closed, rather than suspended.
c - closed
A problem report is closed when any changes have been integrated, documented, and tested -- or when fixing the problem is abandoned.

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Critical problems

SSubmittedTrackerResp.Description
c1997/04/12kern/3259/bin/ps: kernel kernel, lockups, performance problems
c2000/02/29kern/17067consistent "make -k buildworld" crash with 2 swap partitions
2 problems total.

Serious problems

SSubmittedTrackerResp.Description
c1995/05/24gnu/442when invoked from "make' cc not including name lists in some library objects
c1995/08/30bin/714tar is not restoring permissions...possibly when the sticky but is set
c1996/05/10junk/1183gnats-adminrequest for a customer id
c1997/03/08bin/2915the "-fstype ufs" option of "find" seems to fail on procfs
c1997/04/19kern/3328dysonanother kernel panic
c1997/09/16kern/4551cat /proc/*/mem gives "cat: /proc/0/mem: Bad address"
c1998/02/15bin/5755dd drops block when of=/dev/rfd0a
c1998/07/21ports/7346portsThe Python port fails to compile on -stable
c1998/08/10ports/7552markmI can't make the Perl 5 package
c1998/10/01kern/8112ken2.2.7 + CAM system panics removing shared memory
c1998/12/02ports/8926jfitzdatabases/p5-DBD-Pg port is out of date
c1998/12/02kern/8940system clock runs extremely slowly (and sio overflows?)
c1998/12/09ports/9027chuckrmath/gnuplot doesn't compile
c1998/12/11ports/9048portsthe devel/asl port is broken
c1999/01/14kern/9482kencdrecord fails under -current (12/Jan/99) (panic)
c1999/09/29kern/14033Data acq process gets stuck in vmopar
c2001/11/07bin/31835mbrdhclient doesn't close FD's before spawning children
c2002/04/23conf/37370Serial drainwait shouldn't be zero (forever) by default
c2002/09/20kern/43133maximdummynet hang in mysterious circumstances
c2002/09/21i386/43151remko[panic] Panic 20 seconds after resume
c2002/11/03kern/44853Panic on resume
c2002/11/15kern/45322Panic on resume (zone: entry not free)
c2002/12/09kern/46152scsiPanic in adw dumping to tape
c2003/09/05ports/56464Minor teamspeak_server port update
c2003/09/16ports/56918Update for teamspeak_server port update
c2004/08/30kern/71131remko[panic] profile.sh causes bfe to panic
c2005/04/01kern/79421Important new debugging/development feature for 5.4
c2005/05/19bin/81231desPatch pam_ssh to reject keys with no passphrase by default
f2005/05/30kern/81644net[vge] vge(4) does not work properly when loaded as a KLD
c2005/09/20ports/86354pavkopete exits on startup (possible thread/KSE problem)
o2005/09/27kern/86619[linux] linux emulator interacts oddly with cp
c2005/09/30kern/86746cognetwatch/snp don't work in 6.0
c2005/10/04ports/86884barnerFix f2c to work on 64 bit platforms
o2006/01/13conf/91732[patch] 800.loginfail: fix log message grep expression
c2007/11/08bin/117909kientzlebsdtar(1) doesn't match files in a tar that gtar does
s2007/11/21kern/118158[ata] SONY SDX-570V (ATAPI) hangs frequently
36 problems total.

Non-critical problems

SSubmittedTrackerResp.Description
c1995/04/23bin/358incorrect argument handling in "dump"
c1995/05/23i386/440want vidcontrol option to apply settings to all sysconsoles
c1997/04/12bin/3269exec pppd -detach ... caused a kernel panic
c1997/06/01ports/3737portsThe DHCPD no longer works under FreeBSD 2.2
c1997/07/08ports/4054portsPort for Amp 0.7.3
c1997/07/08ports/4055portsPort for XMpeg3 v1.0
c1997/07/08ports/4056obrienPort for netpipes 3.2
c1997/07/09ports/4066portsPort for Mikmod 2.14
c1997/09/16kern/4550/proc/curproc/{mem,status} are 0 size
c1998/02/15gnu/5751steveApplying the patch below to dialog.3 breaks nroff display
c1998/02/21bin/5812ftpd with INTERNAL_LS and ftpchroot user causes errors to be logged
c1998/02/23ports/5821billfNew port: Swish-E, a Web site indexer
c1998/04/15ports/6302portsUpgrade of net/netpipes port
c1998/07/17docs/7306docThere is no manpage for timegm
c1998/07/27ports/7406vanillagraphics/fnlib doesn't build due to bad include paths
c1998/07/29ports/7427portsCan't compile graphics/imlib
c1998/08/10ports/7541portsFix for unfetchable file in net/netpipes
c1998/08/10ports/7542portsFix for unfetchable distfile for emulators/cpmemu
c1998/08/10ports/7543portsFix for unfetchable distfile graphics/pstoedit
c1998/08/10ports/7544portsFix for unfetchable distfiles for japanses/okphone
c1998/08/10ports/7545portsFix for unfetchable distfiles for lang/scm
c1998/08/10ports/7547portsFix for unfetchable distfiles for print/ghostscript
c1998/08/10ports/7548portsProblem trying to fix print/pkfonts
c1998/08/12ports/7585vanillaPort for Back Orifice, Windows 95/98 remote admin tool
c1998/09/04bin/7828johanAdd a command line option to cp to make it never overwrite
c1998/09/07ports/7847portsNew port: webmin 0.62
c1998/09/22ports/8017smaceThe tclX80 port doesn't make package correctly
c1998/11/23ports/8805portsChange master site for net/netpipes
c1999/01/08ports/9385billfNew port of stunnel
c1999/02/01ports/9850itojungraphics/tiff34 port fails
c1999/03/08ports/10476portsx11-toolkits/tix doesn't build properly
c1999/03/08ports/10477portsThe fakemail in lib-src fails to link (needs -lcompat)
c1999/03/17ports/10634portsUpdate the hylafax port to do a client install
c1999/03/22ports/10718portsa ports change for lang/ocaml
c1999/04/22ports/11269portsUpdate for games/xqf port
c1999/05/03ports/11459portsUpdate www/swish-e to 1.3.2
c1999/05/31ports/11963portsshould update the ocaml-tk module and install in ports
c1999/05/31ports/11964jmacdlang/STk port needs to be updated to STk-3.99.4
c1999/09/21ports/13871portsNew port of Tcl readline 1.0.0
c1999/09/23ports/13913portsNew port for nstreams
c1999/10/26ports/14535portsNew port: Wolfpack Empire 4.2.6
c1999/10/26ports/14537portsNew port: ptkei
o2000/02/17kern/16765bdeAdd support for mark/space parity
c2001/03/11ports/25675portsgames/wolfpack port fix
c2001/03/11ports/25678portsfix games/ptkei
c2001/06/23bin/28369greidAdd an acceleration option to moused
c2001/09/29kern/30906jlemonAdd 28800 baud support to sio
c2001/10/03ports/31005portsNew port for XPP
c2001/11/09ports/31874petefUpdate devel/tclreadline to 2.1.0
c2001/11/12ports/31924portsPort of the shim code for the linux binary only LT winmodem driv
c2002/02/21i386/35182APMD does not set close on exec for /dev/apm*
c2002/02/27ports/35380portsUpdate games/wolfpack port to 4.2.10 and fix MASTER_SITE
c2002/03/14ports/35885portsUpdate for comms/ltmdm
c2002/04/08ports/36865portsthe g-wrap-1.1.9 port is missing a required slib port dependency
c2002/06/13bin/39217cp returns non-zero when copying a symlink to it's linkee.
c2002/06/19ports/39506portsUpdate master sites for swish-e port
c2002/06/19ports/39517portsUpdate for games/ptkei
c2002/06/19ports/39519portsDrop maintaintership of games/quakeforge
c2002/09/17ports/42861portsUpdate for games/wolfpack port
c2002/11/27ports/45799portsNew port print/mup
c2002/11/28ports/45812New port for print/mup
c2002/12/05kern/46000sosFix reading of mixed-mode CD's in ATAPI CDROM drives
c2003/01/09kern/46886sosMake ATA_STATIC_ID tunable
c2003/01/22ports/47348New port for TeamSpeak
c2003/01/22kern/47349emulationFake a sound ioctl (plus linux hook)
c2003/01/24ports/47424Tool for tracking what files are touched using kdump/ktrace
c2003/07/03kern/54049multimedia[sound] Sound driver reports device busy and shows non-existant PID in sndstat with artsd
c2003/07/25ports/54841Checksum mismatch on Linux-Realplayer port
c2003/07/31ports/55086Update audio/teamspeak_client port to 2.0.29
c2003/07/31ports/55088New port for Team Speak server (audio/teamspeak_server)
c2003/09/16ports/56919Update teamspeak_client port
c2003/10/22ports/58367Update games/wolfpack port to 4.2.12
c2003/11/13ports/59241Unnbreak and update print/mup port
c2004/07/06ports/68724Fix nvidia-driver port to work with -current
o2004/07/19bin/69268[patch] Fix ndiscvt(8) to warn you if it's going to generate a useless module
c2005/01/12conf/76124[patch] Mistake in /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors
c2005/03/02ports/78271Update MASTER_SITES for teamspeak
c2005/03/02ports/78273ahzeUpdate print/mup port to 5.0
c2005/04/19www/80083pavAMD64 motherboard
a2005/07/03kern/82926thompsa[ipw] ipw(4) doesn't seem to do WPA, also leaves entries in the scan table
c2005/09/23ports/86486vsUpdate devel/tclreadline port for newer version of Tcl
c2006/03/27kern/94992pf[pf] [patch] pfctl complains about ALTQ missing
o2006/04/09kern/95532[gif] if_gif has artificial limitations
o2007/10/11bin/117093kensmith[patch] [request] Teach sysinstall(8) to load config files from a variety of media, such as USB stick
o2008/08/15bin/126546despam_nologin(8) in auth causes log spam
o2008/09/02bin/127034[patch] Add option to count apparent size to du(1)
c2009/05/20usb/134766gavinAdd blacklist for Cyberpower UPS to uhid
o2009/06/14bin/135565randi[patch] a patch for sysinstall(8) to look at UFS partitions
c2009/06/22ports/135909comms/mgetty+sendfax port defaults to non-existant serial ports
89 problems total.