Re: Post install 2.4.29 causes many apps to seg fault.

[Jurriaan]

From: Gary Smith <linuxkernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 11:10:19AM -0800
> Hello, 
> 
> I have been running RHEL3 update 3 for some time and need to patch netfilter 
> for PPTP.  After doing so and installing the kernel I found that certain 
> applications (such as MySQL, nslook, etc) began to segfault.  Rolling the 
> kernel back fixed the problem.
> 
> I have since then gone back and recompiled the vanilla 2.4.29 kernel (without 
> additing any patches this time - clean from tarball) and installed it and all 
> of the the applications that failed on the custom kernel (with the PPTP 
> patches) continue to fail (clean box as well).
> 
> Is there something more that I need to compile besides the kernel for 
> compatability or is this a sign of some type of bug.  I do realize that RHEL3 
> itself has some proprietary items added to their kernel but replacing it 
> shouldn't make other applications fails.
> 
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> 
If lots of things fail in strange places, I would wonder if your glibc
is compatible with your kernel. I suggest you take it up on a redhat
mailinglist.

Good luck,
Jurriaan
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