Squid won't start, epoll create errors

Rob77

Hi all,

Squid won't seem to start.

I've already copied the config from a working squid.conf from another machines.
I'm also using the latest Squid available in Portage, 2.6.4-r2

The message in /var/log/messages;

Oct 29 13:00:00 Comanche squid[8229]: Squid Parent: child process 8248 started
Oct 29 13:00:00 Comanche (squid): comm_select_init: epoll_create(): (3

Function not implemented
Oct 29 13:00:00 Comanche squid[8229]: Squid Parent: child process 8248 exited due to signal 6
Oct 29 13:00:00 Comanche squid[8229]: Exiting due to repeated, frequent failures

In rc-status;
squid [ started ]

/etc/init.d/squid restart
* Stopping squid...
squid: ERROR: No running copy [ ok ]
* Starting squid... [ ok ]

but then;

ps xa | grep squid
14973 pts/1 S 0:00 grep squid

I'm running low on options

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Janne Pikkarainen · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

What kernel version your computer has? If my memory serves me, epoll has been available since 2.6 series, if you have kernel 2.4, it won't be there without 3rd party patches.

And your ps | grep combo seems to also match your ps | grep combo, not an actual squid process. Try pgrep squid to see 0 matches.

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Rob77 · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject:

Janne Pikkarainen · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:26 am Post subject:

Please post your kernel config.
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jamapii · l33t Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637

Solution: compile squid on the same machine it will be running (actually, on a machine with the same kernel "MINOR" version 2.4 or 2.6)

Or change the ebuild to make it possible to --disable-epoll