Which agents support the Linux 2.4 kernel?

[Libila]

Which agents are capable of running on the 2.4 kernel and also sending the data gathered to a 1.4.x Zabbix server?

[Alexei]

ZABBIX agent works on both 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels.

[Libila]

Then why am I getting this error when starting the zabbix 1.4 agent?

# /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd start
Starting Zabbix Agent: FATAL: kernel too old
                                                           [FAILED]
# uname -a
Linux 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl #1 Wed Aug 4 12:21:48 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[Alexei]

Then why am I getting this error when starting the zabbix 1.4 agent?

I don't know. The message does not come from the agent.

[Libila]

I don't see how this is not coming from the agent. This time I didn't use the startup script just executed the binary and I get this output:

/usr/local/bin/zabbix_agentd -V
FATAL: kernel too old
Segmentation fault

Are there any special configure flags needed to compile support for 2.4 Alex? Your instructions are rather generic.

[Calimero]

Do you have tools like 'strace' on that machine to try and find out what causes that error ?

[Libila]

Here is my strace output.

execve("/usr/local/bin/zabbix_agentd", ["/usr/local/bin/zabbix_agentd"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="example.com", ...}) = 0
open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOCTTY) = 3
writev(3, [{"FATAL: kernel too old\n", 22}], 1FATAL: kernel too old
) = 22
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

[Alexei]

I believe the agent binary you are using was built on an older version of kernel or libc.

[Libila]

I think you were right. rebuilt the binary and it worked.