Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:57:35 +0100 (CET) | From | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.2.1 and sysvinit 2.76 possible bug |
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On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Dan Srebnick wrote:
> I pass along this exchange for the readers of this list since it appears > to be relevant:
[Kernel 2.2.1/glibc/sysvinit 2.76] > > My results were absolutely terrible. While the program compiled just > > fine, after installation, my machine became terribly unstable. It would > > spontaneously reboot at intervals from 10 minutes to several hours. I > > have backed off to a 2.64 release linked against libc5.
I've been running 2.2.x kernels (and their 2.1.x predecessors) for ages with a glibc linked sysvinit 2.76. By any chance, did you update to glibc by hand without recompiling libraries or something? While this usually shouldn't cause reboots, it would explain instability.
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