Re: svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request

From: Hendrik Boom (hendrik_at_pooq.com)
Date: 07/07/05

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    On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 09:17:21AM -0400, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
    > Hendrik Boom wrote:
    > > I keep getting the following message showing up on my root consoles:
    > >
    > >
    > >>svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request
    > >
    > >
    > > It's been a nuisance during upgrade, because when aptitude decides to
    > > ask me a configuration question while I'm eating dinner, sometimes
    > > the question is hopelessly obscured by the time I have to answer it.
    > > I can only hope the question wasn't really important and press return.
    > > (sometimes control-L helps. Sometimes not).
    > >
    > > What is svc?
    > > What piece of the system emits this?
    > > What kind of requests are being processed?
    > > Is it a problem I can fix?
    > > Or should I just find a way of redirecting
    > > the message to a safer place?
    > > I'm using kernel vmlinuz-2.4.16-586. Would a newer kernel help?
    > >
    > > I googled, and found several discussions that seemed to ask
    > > nore thatn answer. The only ultimate cause I found rumoured
    > > as a possibility as a LAN with duplicate IP numbers. I don't
    > > have that problem.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > See /etc/syslog.conf and look what is redirected to the console or the
    > tty of the console...

    So I can shoot the nessenger... I'd still like to know what's wrong, though.
    Does anyone know if this problem persists with the 2.6 kernel?

    -- hendrik

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