Re: whoisd service Fails

[Shane Kerr shane@localhost]

Mr. Barbarian,

On 2003-07-10 06:57:07 -0700, The Barbarian wrote:
> 
> i have ripe installed on my linux (Redhat 7.2) box but
> when i try the following instruction provided in the
> INSTALL file, 
> 
> 1. Before you use these scripts we would suggest you
> to start the server alone from the command line to
> verify that all basic components are installed
> correctly.
> 
> i get the following message 
> 
> [root@localhost bin]# ./whois_rip -c
> /usr/local/whoisd/conf/rip.confi[Bg.sample -p
> whoisd.pid
> died on pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, ssize * 4) !=
> 0 in: +405 thread.c
> Segmentation fault
> 
> what is the fix for this. i have spend a whole day to
> figure out what this error is but in vain.

Please try the 3.1.1 rather than 3.1.0 release.  This problem was
fixed in that version.  We will be releasing 3.2.0 very soon, next
week probably, so you may want to wait for that release.

-- 
Shane Kerr
RIPE NCC