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Old 3rd September 2010
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Originally Posted by newbsdied View Post
So it is possibly an exploit.
No, the information presented does not naturally lead to that particular conclusion. rocket357's statement was to indicate that there was a coding error which has been fixed. While security lapses can result from coding errors, all coding errors are not subject to exploitation.

If you really want to resolve the problems you are experiencing, start by posting the output of dmesg(8). Until we know the specifics of your hardware & how OpenBSD is interpreting the hardware landscape, any solutions posed are simply conjecture.

Next, as for references to "error 1", how did you install this application? Where did you get the related packages? The version of the packages installed must be supported by the version of OpenBSD installed. In particular, if you installed OpenBSD 4.7-release, then you can only use the 4.7-release packages found on the mirror sites or what packages were found on the 4.7 CD set. Installing packages targeting OpenBSD 4.8-current onto OpenBSD 4.7-release is neither recommended nor officially supported by the project.

As a newbie to the operating system, studying Section 15 of the official FAQ is highly recommended. In fact, you will be saving yourself signficant aggravation if you take the time now, as a newbie, to familiarize yourself with all of the FAQ. A wealth of information, & all of it is current, can be found there.

Lastly, the following thread:

http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=596

...offers a lot of insight into how to approach resolving technical problems. Although the regulars here have seen a number of problems, we don't know exactly what you have done, so approaching the situation systematically helps.
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