2.6.0-mm2 Surprises

From: Danny Cox (Danny.Cox_at_ECWeb.com)
Date: 12/31/03

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Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:17:26 -0500

    I've found some surprises in my testing of 2.6.0-mm2 on my RH 9 box.

    First, 'make menuconfig' doesn't work. It paints the top 8 or so lines,
    and freezes. gnome-terminal begins using as much CPU as it's allowed.
    This is similar to bug 959 in bugme.osdl.org, but changing CHILD_PENALTY
    from 90 to 130 didn't fix the problem.

    Second, simply resizing gnome-terminal results in the same behavior.
    Certainly, this may be a gnome thing.

    Third, 'rpm' cannot install packages. It always exists with:

    rpmdb: unable to join the environment
    error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable
    error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily
    unavailable (11)
    error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

    11 is EAGAIN, but an strace revealed little to the uninitiated (me).

    rpm also fails in the same way with --rebuilddb. /var/lib/rpm/__db.001
    is zero length BTW. That is almost certainly wrong. Of course, these
    both work fine with a 2.4.20 kernel.

    Sorry if these (or some variant thereof) have already been reported
    here.

    Thanks for your time, and please note that I'm not subscribed to
    linux-kernel. If you need more info, please don't hesitate to ask. 

    -- 
Daniel S. Cox
Electronic Commerce Systems
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