Re: 2.2.x and RH4.2

[Warren Melnick <warren walrus com>]

I know that the glibc libraries have changed significantly since the 4.2
days.  That might be the trouble you are having.  Try upgrading your
libraries and recompiling the kernel.

W

At 11:17 AM 1/31/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Earlier this week I installed the 2.2.x kernel on my RH4.2 server.  The
>compilation went fine as did the actuall installation.
>
>The server since the upgrade to 2.2.0 and eventually to 2.2.1 has left the
>server pretty unstable.  I've suffered two fatal crashes in 48 hours.  The
>first one caused some kind of malloc error in named.  I was unable to
>restart the daemon even after clearing the stale PID.  A reboot was
>necessary.
>
>Last night, I suffered another crash.  Unfortuately, the console monitor
>was frozen in the "screen saver" position (so it was blank) and no entries
>were made to the log files.  Again, a reboot brought the system right back
>up (after, of course, a hefty morning fsck).  However, I determined at
>that point I was a little wary of 2.2.x and went back to the 2.0.36 kernel
>I had running with stability.
>
>I'll be the first to admit that this is an almost-two-years-old 4.2
>installation that is probably not very geared for the newer stuff, so it
>shouldn't by any means be taken as a harbinger of doom for the 2.2
>kernels.  Simply that there might be some hidden incompatibilites with
>older installations and 2.2.
>
>This system is slated to be replaced early 2nd quarter, probably with a
>RH5.x machine of some type, so I'm not real concered about having the
>latest-and-greatest on a machine that's going away.
> 
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