Rasputin> rmid dies horribly, ...

I get the same error as you on -current if I use the Suse 7.3 libs. If
I switch back to the Suse 6.4 libs rmid seems to start up ok (although
I'm not sure that it actually works).

Another observation; from a quick glance at the ktrace it seems to do
a lot of lstat64() calls. Wasn't there some problem with that and the
linux emulation at around the time the Suse libs was upgraded to 7.3,
which Christos(?)  fixed? My memory is very faint here...  In any
case, the linux emulation may be a suspect.

Kind regards,

        -- Urban