"Steven M. Wheeler" <swheeler(at)sabre(dot)com> writes:
> More info. Motivated by your remark about SysV semaphores, I upgraded the
> kernel to 2.0.36 and the problem appears to have gone away.
You know, you're the second person in the past few months who has
reported strange problems that stopped after a kernel upgrade.
Which Linux version were you on before? This definitely needs to
go in the FAQ, I think...
regards, tom lane