Checking for NPTL at program start

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 20820549..de042d4e 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.181 2004/05/16 10:12:43 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.182 2004/06/10 13:22:08 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ static void Watchdog(int signum)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+#ifdef _CS_GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION
+  // Check for NPTL and exit if present - VDR apparently doesn't run well with NPTL:
+  char LibPthreadVersion[128];
+  if (confstr(_CS_GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION, LibPthreadVersion, sizeof(LibPthreadVersion) > 0)) {
+     if (strstr(LibPthreadVersion, "NPTL")) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "vdr: please turn off NPTL by setting 'export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1' before starting VDR");
+        return 2;
+        }
+     }
+#endif
+
   // Save terminal settings:
 
   struct termios savedTm;