Bug#507845: Dedibox server with VIA C7 cpu freeze with the last libc6
tag 507845 + unreproducible
tag 507845 + moreinfo
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Maelvon HAWK a écrit :
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.6.ds1-3
This is a very old version. Try using at least the latest version from
stable, that is 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7.
> Severity: important
>
> I've a Dedibox server, with a VIA C7 cpu, running a debian ETCH, and it
> seems I've done a dist-upgrade without
> rebooting that's put the mess in the server. After that it freeze when
> it want, for no special apparent reason. I said it
> seems because I remember to have done that, and found some links about that.
>
> The actual solution I found is to downgrade my libc6, specifing some
> preferences in /etc/apt/preferences and the
> server is working well now, but I never update the libc6 or the bug
> comes back.
>
> But I've tested to install mod_python today and the libc6 downgrade
> seems to impact it. I've done a remove of the
> package "php5-recode" to make the mod_python running.
>
> In the other hand, I've found a similar bug report in Gentoo [1], if it
> can help to resolve this.
As clearly explained in the gentoo bug report, this is not a glibc
problem, but rather a kernel problem. The glibc may trigger a kernel
bug, but the bug has to be fixed in the kernel.
First of all, please try to use a standard Debian kernel instead of the
kernel 2.6.24.2dedibox-r8-1-c7 one, which is known to be problematic. If
you are still be able to reproduce the bug with a Debian kernel, I'll
reassign the bug to the kernel package.
Aurelien
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