Bug 2113

Summary:	klogd error with kernel 2.2.x
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Thomas Zehetbauer <thomasz>
Component:	sysklogd	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	5.2
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Description Thomas Zehetbauer 1999-04-10 11:01:32 UTC

klogd uses lseek on /dev/kmem. In case of an error this
would return (off_t)-1 but the return value is considered an
error if <0 which is inaccurate when large numbers are
treated as a signed int.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-04-12 14:46:59 UTC

try upgrading to a later syslogd (such as 1.3.31-*, from
the errata). Does this solve the problem?

Comment 2 Thomas Zehetbauer 1999-05-03 18:34:59 UTC

Upgrading to the latest available sysklogd solved this problem.
Unfortunately this update was not officially announced and is not in
the "new-kernel" updates directory.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-05-04 14:49:59 UTC

The sysklogd update is actually in the regular 5.2 errata,
IIRC. We'll probably throw a link from one to the other.