From e1b9409e632b1ff70cced6bc666bbb599284559b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Westphal Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 21:14:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add FAQ entry about epoll(): Function not implemented error --- doc/FAQ.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ.txt b/doc/FAQ.txt index 2c9e1403..b953164c 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.txt +++ b/doc/FAQ.txt @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ A: On Linux/glibc with chroot enabled you need to put some libraries inside is to either disable chroot support or to link against dietlibc instead of glibc. (tnx to Sebastian Siewior) +Q: I am running Linux and ngircd dies on startup with the follwing errors: + IO subsystem: epoll (hint size 100, initial maxfd 100, masterfd -1). + Cannot initialize IO routines: Function not implemented + Server isn't listening on a single port! + ngircd exiting due to fatal errors! +A: epoll is only supported on 2.6 Linux kernels. Either use a 2.6 kernel, or + re-run configure with the --without-epoll parameter. After configure + completed, you should see select() being listed as IO backend: + '(I/O backend: "select()"'). IV. Bugs!? ~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -76,4 +85,4 @@ A: Please file a bug report at ! -- -$Id: FAQ.txt,v 1.10 2005/07/09 14:39:42 alex Exp $ +$Id: FAQ.txt,v 1.11 2005/12/09 21:14:56 fw Exp $