On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 09:17:21AM -0400, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I keep getting the following message showing up on my root consoles: > > > > > >>svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request > > > > > > It's been a nuisance during upgrade, because when aptitude decides to > > ask me a configuration question while I'm eating dinner, sometimes > > the question is hopelessly obscured by the time I have to answer it. > > I can only hope the question wasn't really important and press return. > > (sometimes control-L helps. Sometimes not). > > > > What is svc? > > What piece of the system emits this? > > What kind of requests are being processed? > > Is it a problem I can fix? > > Or should I just find a way of redirecting > > the message to a safer place? > > I'm using kernel vmlinuz-2.4.16-586. Would a newer kernel help? > > > > I googled, and found several discussions that seemed to ask > > nore thatn answer. The only ultimate cause I found rumoured > > as a possibility as a LAN with duplicate IP numbers. I don't > > have that problem. > > > > > > > See /etc/syslog.conf and look what is redirected to the console or the > tty of the console...
So I can shoot the nessenger... I'd still like to know what's wrong, though. Does anyone know if this problem persists with the 2.6 kernel? -- hendrik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
