Re: Tux install questions

Brian Delgado wrote:

>I've been trying to install Tux for use in Specweb99
>measurements and have some questions I couldn't find the answer
>for in the documentation I've read.
>
>My system config is a Quad Xeon with 12 GB RAM, and Redhat 8.0.
>
>1. Is the tux patch required in order to use the Tux webserver?
>Is the tux patch compatible with the BigMem linux kernel? 
>2. When I patch my default BigMem Redhat 8.0 kernel (2.4.18)
>with the "tux2-full-2.4.18-final-A3" patch, I always end up
>getting errors during the process, usually with ksyms.c and
>several other files. Is this normal or am I doing something
>wrong? The same thing happens to me when I don't use the bigmem
>kernel and just use the stock kernel in Redhat 8.
>3. The main problem I'm trying to resolve is that when I do run
>Specweb99 on the system, is that the run seems to start normally
>and then abort after 30 seconds. It has also happened that the
>run does start and stays running but then never finishes, even
>after an hour or two. 
>
>If somebody could please advise on any of these, it would be
>much appreciated!
>  
>
Redhat ships with tux enabled kernel and tux userspace utilities - no 
patching required.

Joe