add FAQ entry about epoll(): Function not implemented error

[ngircd-alex.git] / doc / FAQ.txt

diff --git a/doc/FAQ.txt b/doc/FAQ.txt
index 2c9e14032cf21deaffe538fd518a42f63c1f30cf..b953164ce4a73fac091743118f834f06a63f3e24 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/FAQ.txt
+++ b/doc/FAQ.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ A: On Linux/glibc with chroot enabled you need to put some libraries inside
    is to either disable chroot support or to link against dietlibc instead
    of glibc. (tnx to Sebastian Siewior)
 
+Q: I am running Linux and ngircd dies on startup with the follwing errors:
+   IO subsystem: epoll (hint size 100, initial maxfd 100, masterfd -1).
+   Cannot initialize IO routines: Function not implemented
+   Server isn't listening on a single port!
+   ngircd exiting due to fatal errors!
+A: epoll is only supported on 2.6 Linux kernels. Either use a 2.6 kernel, or
+   re-run configure with the --without-epoll parameter. After configure
+   completed, you should see select() being listed as IO backend:
+   '(I/O backend: "select()"').
 
 IV. Bugs!?
 ~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -76,4 +85,4 @@ A: Please file a bug report at <http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/index.cgi>!
 
 
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-$Id: FAQ.txt,v 1.10 2005/07/09 14:39:42 alex Exp $
+$Id: FAQ.txt,v 1.11 2005/12/09 21:14:56 fw Exp $