Re: Two problems with new FC3 x86_64 install

[Willem Riede <wriede riede org>]

On 12/28/2004 12:26:31 PM, Willem Riede wrote:
> On 12/28/2004 11:05:03 AM, Pawel Salek wrote:
> > On 12/27/2004 10:26:17 PM, Willem Riede wrote:
> > >  I'm upgrading to an Athlon 64 PC running FC3 x86_64. I compiled
> > > balsa  2.2.6   for that architecture. I'm running dovecot as the IMAP
> > > server on the  same   machine, and selected Maildir format this time
> > > (my old PC uses mbox,  so this   is a new experience for me).
> > > I now see two issues:
> > >
> > > 1. Balsa's process hangs around indefinitely after quit.
> > > 0   500  7173     1  15   0 192660 35200 184467 S  ?          0:13
> > > balsa
> > > [wriede backup ~]$ strace -p 7173
> > > Process 7173 attached - interrupt to quit
> > > futex(0x390a52e620, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL
> >
> > Have you got all the glibc updates? I have tested balsa-2.2.6 on
> > exactly the same hardware (even SMP) + IMAP (but without POP3) and with
> > current glibc it works just fine.
>
> Which kernel are (or were) you running - your question made me realize that  
> I hadn't yet rebooted to run the latest kernel update (2.6.9-1.681_FC3).  
> More Googling has just revealed that Andrew Morton has a futex_wait- 
> fix.patch in 2.6.10-rc1-mm5, which most likely our Fedora friends put in the  
> latest rpm.
>
> Anyway, the good news is, that balsa now exits properly. Can you try that
> too,  since I see from your second mail you've reproduced the problem?

Sigh. It appears I spoke too soon. Balsa now sometimes exits properly and  
sometimes hangs :-(  Anyway, unless anyone has a good suggestion, I'll
assume this is a kernel bug and go bark up that tree for a while...

Regards, Willem Riede.