snmpd caused a lot error messages in dmesg

[Ryan Ho]

Binary package hint: snmpd

Ubuntu 8.04 JeOS Server guest on Windows XP Host with VMware Server 2.0 beta2
snmpd 5.4.1~dfsg-4ubuntu4

After the snmpd serveice starts, it causes a lot error messages in dmesg. Like:
[26139.622297] ioctl operation 35143 not supported
[26139.622308] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26139.637537] ioctl operation 35143 not supported
[26139.637720] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26153.730423] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26168.375201] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26183.124372] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26197.833696] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26212.551308] ioctl operation 35312 not supported
[26227.309869] ioctl operation 35312 not supported

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

This looks more like a problem with vmware.

chuck

[Ryan Ho (koungho)]

Chuck, you are right. After I upgrade VMware server to 2.0 RC1, the error message do not appear in dmesg.

[Hubba (hubba)]

I getting these messages in VMware 2.0.0 build 116503 running on a OpenSuSE 10.3 host OS with a OpenSuSE 11.0 guest - anybody know how to get rid of these messages? (Sorry for not running Ubuntu at this time)

[Dr. Tyrell (dr.tyrell)]

We get them with ESX 3.5 on all Linux VMs.
I'll try turning off snmpd and rebooting, see what happens.

The Doctor

[Dr. Tyrell (dr.tyrell)]

Indeed snmpd is the problem. This doesn't happen on our hardware servers, and evidence on the Web indicates the same: it's a VMware issue.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is EOL on server on May, 9th? Can you verify this bug with the latest Ubuntu LTS versions 10.04 LTS or 12.04 LTS. Thank you very much!

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.