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cmkdir endless loop?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Lavoie)
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:55:50 -0600
From: Tim Lavoie <tim@asylum.gawd.mb.ca>
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Subject: cmkdir endless loop?
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Hello all,
I am trying to install cfs 1.4.0.beta2 on my Linux system, and the first part
has gone fine. The source compiles, the daemon runs, and I have the NFS mount
as per the directions. However, cmkdir goes into a CPU-hogging loop,
apparently stuck in the roulette() function of truerand.c. I've let it go for
a half-hour at a time, so I suspect it isn't coming back any time soon.
Is this a known glitch? Just in case this is an OS or hardware-dependent
problem, here are the system details:
OS: Linux, 2.2.1 kernel (Debian 2.1 distribution)
CPU: Cyrix 6x86
Now, I could patch things to just use the Linux-specific /dev/random for the
few bytes required, but a portable fix is preferable. Any suggestions one way
or the other would be appreciated. By the way, I'm a newbie to CFS, so this
is a fresh install, no version conflicts or anything like that.
Cheers,
Tim Lavoie
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