Re: syslogd and 2.1.14
Keith Owens (kaos@edison.dialix.com.au)
Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:58:34 +1100 (EST)
On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Liquid Insanity wrote:
> when i boot my machine and it says 'loading daemons .. syslogd klogd etc..
>
> it says syslogd and sits for awhile, the continues..
>
> when i do a ps after i am done loading it doesnt show syslogd..
>
> this is the *first* kernel to EVER do this!
>
> any suggestions???
syslogd prior to 1.3.1 gets segv on a NULL pointer after gethostbyname if
the hostname cannot be resolved. Sounds like your nameserver is not
resolving the hostname.