psybnc with >=glibc-2.3

spuniun · n00b Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 72

After trying to run psybnc on a gentoo server and experiencing nothing but problems, I went to the psybnc dev team to troubleshoot the problem and they say the problem is glibc - that psybnc is only tested to work with <=glibc-2.2.

I attempted to downgrade to 2.2.5 but that destroys a system quite completely. I can't find a stage3 tarball with glibc-2.2 so now I'm taking the matter to the public to see if they have any ideas on how to either fix psybnc to run with >=glibc-2.3 or how to get glibc-2.2 installed on my colo.

cato` · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:49 am Post subject:

Is there a reason why you have to use psybnc?

There are (IMHO better) alternatives like muh and miau.

Or if you use irssi you could just use screen.
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spuniun · n00b Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 72

at first glance neither seem as feature-rich as psybnc.

This may have been an SSL problem all along however. After disabling SSL client connection it seems to be stable. I won't know for sure for a few weeks though and I hate to give up client->bnc SSL connections.
psybnc is amazingly stable on BSD - shame I can't get it to run as well on my Gentoo colos.

bilan · n00b Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 17

I have same problem than u.
It worked very well during several months. Now it often locks itself. I cant connect to it anymore. The process is still runing though.
I have to kill-9 it and then restart it.
I guess this problem happened after an update. :evil:

bilan · n00b Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 17

Is it a good idea to downgrade to glibc-2.2.* to test ?
Also, I recompiled with ntpl and ntplonly flags. Could it be the reason psybnc doesnt work well anymore ?

bilan · n00b Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 17

The problem is related on the pysbnc forum, but no solutions until now. :evil: