On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Tom DE BLENDE (GCC) wrote: > > > Lance Davis wrote: > > >On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Tom DE BLENDE (GCC) wrote: > > > > > > > >>I have setup Centos-3.1 on a Dell Optiplex GX1 this week. It has to > >>replace an old Compaq Deskpro I used as a firewall/router running the no > >>longer supported RedHat 7.1. I have the NAT firewall up and running, and > >>it works OK. > >> > >>However, there is one thing bugging me. I cannot use any client software > >>that queries a nameserver. I tried to use "dig", "host" and "nslookup", > >>and they all segfault on me. As all these applications suffer from the > >>same problem, I think it has to be a general problem. Name resolution > >>itself works correct, and other than this I cannot find any real > >>indications of problems. > >> > >>On the console I get this message: > >>"request_module[net-pf-10]: fork failed errno 1" > >> > >> > > > >Is this with the standard CentOS kernel ??? > > > >Because it looks suspicously like the symptom of a non-nptl kernel being > >used ... > > > > > No, it is not. It's a 2.4.26... Sorry I forgot to mention that. Well it wont work then. CentOS - like rhel - uses nptl based glibc, so the kernel needs to also support it. A Fedora kernel with nptl might be made to work - alternatively 2.6 is the way to go. Is there any particular reason not to use the stock kernel ??? Regards Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.