Description of problem: I've just installed nginx on a redhat 5 runing kernel 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 which seems to lack some feature for nginx. Despite the fact that nginx process starts correctly, there are some errors in the log: 2011/01/11 17:54:47 [emerg] 13033#0: eventfd() failed (38: Function not implemented) 2011/01/11 17:54:47 [alert] 13032#0: worker process 13033 exited with fatal code 2 and can not be respawn From recent kernel changelog, aio feature which provides eventfd support is implemented since kernel >= 2.6.18-181 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nginx-0.8.53-1.el5 How reproducible: static Steps to Reproduce: 1. run old kernel 2. install nginx 3. start nginx Actual results: No error when service nginx is started, but can't get a response from nginx. Browser has to wait for a tcp timeout. Errors in the log: 2011/01/11 17:58:42 [emerg] 13075#0: eventfd() failed (38: Function not implemented) 2011/01/11 17:58:42 [alert] 13074#0: worker process 13075 exited with fatal code 2 and can not be respawn Expected results: Nginx should require a minial kernel version since it can't work on any kernel. Additional info: Add Requires: kernel >= 2.6.18-181 in the spec file. thank you ;) With kernel 2.6.18-194.17.1 nginx works fine.
nginx-0.8.54-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nginx-0.8.54-1.el5
nginx-0.8.54-1.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nginx-0.8.54-1.el6
Package nginx-0.8.54-1.el5: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing nginx-0.8.54-1.el5' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nginx-0.8.54-1.el5 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
spec file did not require kernel >= 2.6.18-181
What did you do that showed that nginx-0.8.54-1.el5 did not require kernel => 2.6.18? jjh@thulsadoom:/tmp % curl --silent -O http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/nginx/0.8.54/1.el5/x86_64/nginx-0.8.54-1.el5.x86_64.rpm jjh@thulsadoom:/tmp % rpm -qp --requires nginx-0.8.54-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | grep kernel kernel >= 2.6.18-181
Apologies, my mistake. Did a yumdownload --source from my build system, which somehow pulled the 0.8.53-1 version. Sorry about that.
nginx-0.8.54-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nginx-0.8.54-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
It's nginx-0.8.55-2.el5, already requires higher kernel version than 2.6.18-128, # rpm -q --requires nginx |grep kernel kernel >= 2.6.18-181 however, when nginx is installed, it does not require kernel upgrade?