Re: kmod problem returned

Spirilis (spirilis@mindmeld.dyn.ml.org)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:52:38 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Edward S. Marshall wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:42:57 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal@logic.net>
> To: Spirilis <spirilis@mindmeld.dyn.ml.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: kmod problem returned
>
> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Edward S. Marshall wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Spirilis wrote:
> > > <root>:/root# kmod: waitpid(1748,NULL,0) failed, returning -512.
> > > Plus a kmod error when I started lpd, JUST like the previous incident a week or
> > > two ago... a patch was posted but apparantly wasn't assimilated into the
> > > mainstream kernel.
> >
> > I've been getting this since moving to devfs. It seems to occur when the
> > ppp module is unloaded.
>
> And, just to follow up to my own post: when this happens (ie. when the
> message appears), I end up with a zombied modprobe process hanging around.
>
> --
> -------------------. emarshal at logic.net .---------------------------------
> Edward S. Marshall `-----------------------' http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/
>

Same here... modprobe is zombied. I am confident that Alan's patches will fix
it when assimilated into the mainstream kernel.

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