Gentoo + Nagios 1.2 oddity

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Erik,

> libexec # ping -c4 192.168.1.3
> PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.191 ms
> WARNING: failed to install socket filter
> : Protocol not available
[...]
> I realize that this is not specifically a nagios issue, but I thought
> someone on the list may have seen this before.

Did you configure and compile your own kernel? If so then you may not have 
enabled Socket Filtering, under Networking Options in the kernel 
configuration. Ping and tcpdump need this for efficient packet handling, 
other applications may too.

Cheers, Chris.
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