xrdp server fails to start on ppc64el

[Ivan Warren]

xrdp fails to start with the following error on 14.10 ppc64el with :

# dpkg -l xrdp
ii xrdp 0.6.1-1 ppc64el Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server

** error log below **

 * Starting Remote Desktop Protocol server
                endian wrong, edit arch.h

** error log end **

Following which "ps" and "netstat -anp" confirms xrdp is not running.

Upon examination, it seems to be connected to how common/arch.h is detecting endianness, assuming that PPC is *always* big endian (whereas the power architecture has dual endianness).

The following patch eleviates the issue :

*** PATCH STARTS HERE ***
--- xrdp-0.6.1.orig/common/arch.h
+++ xrdp-0.6.1/common/arch.h
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #if !defined(ARCH_H)
 #define ARCH_H

+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
+#define L_ENDIAN
+#else
+#define B_ENDIAN
+#endif
+
 #if !(defined(L_ENDIAN) || defined(B_ENDIAN))
 /* check endianess */
 #if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__PPC__) || defined(__ppc__) || \
*** PATCH ENDS HERE ***

Tested by dpkg-buildpackage. Other problems ensue, but are already declared (and not directly related to xrdp).

--Ivan

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.