On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 03:11:33PM +0100, David Galveias wrote:
> Sometimes, when i run or amcheck or amdump, amandad dies (stays defunct) 
> on the clint, and i get no answers on the server:
> *[user@client] ps xauwww | grep am
> root     23627  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    14:46   0:00 
> [amandad-2.4.4 <defunct>]
> *
> But this only happens on dual processor machines, whether they are 
> running single or more cpu kernel version.

...

> I run Redhat 7.3, on a HP LC2000, with two 1000 Mhz PIII CPUs, with 1 Gb 
> Ram and Amanda 2.4.4 on client and Amanda 2.4.3 on server.
> If I remove one of the two CPUs from the server, amandad runs without 
> any problems.
> Any ideas about what the problem may be?

Just a point of info.  It is not a generic "dual cpu" thing.
I've run amanda for quite a while on Solaris dual cpu systems,
both Sparc and Intel.

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