Hi,

I got this problem just after I installed coda-server in debian using 
your packages from your apt repository.

/etc/coda/realms has 1 line, like:
mydomain.com   delta.mydomain.com

After killing all revalent process, the log of starting them again looks 
like:

root_at_delta:/var/coda/db# /etc/init.d/codasrv.init start
Starting codasrv: codasrv.
root_at_delta:/var/coda/db# /etc/init.d/coda-update start
Starting /usr/sbin/rpc2portmap...
Starting /usr/sbin/updatesrv...
Starting /usr/sbin/updateclnt...
root_at_delta:/var/coda/db# /etc/init.d/coda-client start
Starting /usr/sbin/venus...

Date: Thu 02/10/2005

03:55:48 Coda Venus, version 6.0.8
03:55:48 /var/lib/coda/LOG size is 2694144 bytes
03:55:48 /var/lib/coda/DATA size is 10771432 bytes
03:55:48 Loading RVM data
03:55:48 Last init was Thu Feb 10 01:25:33 2005
03:55:48 Last shutdown was clean
03:55:48 Starting RealmDB scan
03:55:48        Found 3 realms
03:55:48 starting VDB scan
03:55:48 Fatal Signal (11); pid 6701 becoming a zombie...
03:55:48 You may use gdb to attach to 6701


root_at_delta:/var/coda/db# gdb
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This GDB was configured as "i386-linux".
(gdb) attach 6701
Attaching to process 6701
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
warning: could not load vsyscall page because no executable was specified
warning: try using the "file" command first
Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/venus...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/librdslwp.so.1...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/librdslwp.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libseg.so.1...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libseg.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/librvmlwp.so.1...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/librvmlwp.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/librpc2.so.4...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/librpc2.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libse.so.4...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libse.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblwp.so.2...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/liblwp.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libresolv.so.2...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libm.so.6...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libnss_files.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libnss_files.so.2
0x40146b68 in sigsuspend () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x40146b68 in sigsuspend () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#1  0x080adddb in ?? ()
#2  0xbffff5dc in ?? ()
#3  0x00001a2d in ?? ()
#4  0x00001a2d in ?? ()
#5  0x080add74 in ?? ()
#6  0x00000090 in ?? ()
#7  0x00000048 in ?? ()
#8  0xfffffff4 in ?? ()
#9  0x40016c00 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#10 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#11 0x081365d8 in ?? ()
#12 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#13 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#14 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#15 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#16 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#17 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#18 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#19 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#20 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#21 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#22 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#23 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#24 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#25 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#26 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#27 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#28 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#29 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#30 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#31 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#32 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#33 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#34 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#35 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#36 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#37 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#38 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#39 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#40 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#41 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#42 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#43 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#44 0xbffff968 in ?? ()
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#45 <signal handler called>
#46 0x08085830 in ?? ()
#47 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#48 0x0813fb98 in ?? ()
#49 0x08135bc4 in ?? ()
#50 0x08092292 in ?? ()
#51 0x5086ad88 in ?? ()
#52 0xbffff9a8 in ?? ()
#53 0x00000048 in ?? ()
#54 0x00000090 in ?? ()
#55 0x00000048 in ?? ()
#56 0x08135bb0 in ?? ()
#57 0xbffff998 in ?? ()
#58 0x080aad35 in ?? ()
#59 0xfffffff4 in ?? ()
#60 0x08135bc4 in ?? ()
#61 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#62 0x0808bb28 in ?? ()
#63 0x5086ad88 in ?? ()
#64 0x08135bc4 in ?? ()
#65 0x08135bb0 in ?? ()
#66 0x400e58bd in __builtin_delete () from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
(gdb)

Any idea?

Regards,
Alan