Jon Ahlquist wrote: > I have installed 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 on several computers, > and it works fine in general, but we have encountered one > important problem that has forced us to roll back the kernel > to the previous release on our most important computer that prepares > weather forecast graphics several times each day for a Web site > running on this computer (http://ahlquist.met.fsu.edu). > > We have a cron job that runs a bash shell script which calls Perl > scripts and other bash scripts every 15 minutes, > checking whether new data files are available. This script > has been running fine for months. It even runs fine with > version 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 of the kernel as long as it is run > in a terminal window. Unfortunately, the script locks up the whole > computer near the end of its work when it is run as a cron job. > It is not obvious what is different about what is happening > at the lock-up time compared to ran fine a minute of two earlier. > > When we rolled back the kernel to the previous version, > everything works fine as it has for months under earlier > version of Fedora Core. > > Our Perl scripts process data files with two compiled > Fortran programs, followed by a graphics utility to > prepare graphs for the Web site. > Is it possible that the new kernel has soemthing > new involving SE Linux that is causing the lock-up? > But, if it is an SE Linux issue, why would the application > work fine when run in a terminal window but fail when run > as a cron job? Please file a bug report. And be sure to include your hardware configuration (output of lspci -v) -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list