Re: ld-linux.so.2

["Ryan Caveney" <rcaveney zoomtel com>]

Tonko de Rooy <tderooy raleigh ibm com> wrote:
>ld-linux.so.2 is Netscape's backend process that handles things such
>as communication.

That's a somewhat odd way to put it.  On RH 6.0:

    % locate ld-linux.so.2
    /lib/ld-linux.so.2
    % rpm -qf /lib/ld-linux.so.2
    glibc-2.1.1-6

It's the ELF dynamic linker, which is called as a "backend process" by
(nearly) every program on your machine that uses shared libraries.  Try `man
ldd`...

Timothy Reaves <treaves silverfields com> wrote:
>    This is the process I always kill when Netscape hangs, so I assume it
>is a Netscape library.  If I don't kill it I can't restart Netscape, and
>killing effects nothing else.

I'd believe, however, that this (apart from it being "a Netscape library")
is nonetheless true.  Your testing shows the linker's behavior is Netscape's
fault, but it's a basic system component, not something that came with
Netscape.


Ryan Caveney