Lance Davis wrote: >>>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 > Thanks for your quick and prompt replies, Lance. It is highly appreciated. I will try and give 2.6 a go then. Your question is valid though: why not use the stock kernel... I haven't really thought about it that much. Until today when I install a new Linux distro, I install the latest stable kernel and tune it for the system at hand... Thanks again for your help! Tom