I have the same problem with starting Zebra whether I attempt to start it automatically or after the system is up. Sometimes I have to issue the same start command multiple times before it actually starts. I reported the problem to SuSE and here was their response:
"Zebra does not seem to run very stable. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find the reason for the crashes (the process just dies without notice or apparent reason). Zebra's successor, Quagga (http://www.quagga.net/) seems to be much more reliable, even though currently unsupported by us. Quagga will be part of the upcoming SLES9 release. We are currently discussing whether we are going to provide the package as a maintenance update for SLES8 as well, but there is no decission yet. Until then I'm afraid the only alternative is to use a self-compiled Version of Quagga or live with occasional crashes of the service." The only reason I am running Zebra and OSPF is to provide a VIPA address to users similar to z/OS. I am looking into Quagga but have been unsuccessful in locating a SuSE SLES8 SP03 binary. I might have to build it. Any recommendations? Thanks. Peter Vic Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/20/2004 02:19 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Zebra not starting at Boot Time G'day Peter, On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: > <notice>/etc/init.d/rc3.d/S09zebra start > Starting routing daemon (Zebra)startproc: signal catched /usr/sbin/zebra: > Segmentation fault Is Zebra being started late in the startup process? I'd check that all of the other network tasks/modules are loaded prior to the system trying to start zebra. For example SUSE systems use IPv6, so I'd guess that they would have built IPv6 support into zebra, but if the IPv6 support is not loaded yet then strangeness might occur...? > OSPFD starts fine. After I log on, I can issue the start for Zebra and > everything seems fine. ?!?!? That's odd, I've seen strangeness when the sub-daemons are started before zebra. > Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. When you start zebra after logging on, do you use the init script? Cheers, Vic Cross ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
