From: mmalmi@cc.hut.fi
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:55:35 +0200
To: Satoshi Nakamoto <satoshin@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: Linux update

The program terminated a few times with the same error in debug.log  
close: Bad file descriptor
blkindex.dat: Bad file descriptor

I'm running a 64-bit Ubuntu distribution.

> The only problem now is the DB exceptions he's getting.
> ************************
> EXCEPTION: 11DbException
> Db::open: Bad file descriptor
> bitcoin in ThreadMessageHandler()
> ************************
> EXCEPTION: 11DbException
> Db::close: Bad file descriptor
> bitcoin in ThreadMessageHandler()
>
> I had expected those to be a Wine problem, but he's getting them on
> Linux just the same.  He tried moving the datadir to a different drive,
> no help.  I've never gotten them.  I'm running a stress test that
> continuously generates a lot of activity and DB access and never got it.
>
> He has Ubuntu 64-bit and I have 32-bit, so I'm assuming that's the
> difference.  Is your Linux machine 64-bit or 32-bit?  Have you ever had
> a DB exception? (see db.log also)  Now that the zombie problem is fixed
> in test5, could you start running it on your Linux machine?  We could
> use a 3rd vote to get a better idea of what we're dealing with here.
> The DB exception is uncaught, so it'll stop the program if you get it.
>
> BTW, zetaboards insists on displaying "Member #", so you better sign up
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