Index: openhpi-subagent-2.3.4/src/hpiEventThread.c
===================================================================
--- openhpi-subagent-2.3.4.orig/src/hpiEventThread.c
+++ openhpi-subagent-2.3.4/src/hpiEventThread.c
@@ -178,14 +178,13 @@ int start_event_thread(SaHpiSessionIdT *
         DEBUGMSGTL ((AGENT, "Attempting to init event"));
         if (!g_thread_supported()) {
                 DEBUGMSGTL ((AGENT, "Initializing thread support"));
-                g_thread_init(NULL);
         } else {
                 DEBUGMSGTL ((AGENT, "Already supporting threads"));
         }
 
-        event_thread = g_thread_create(event_thread_loop,
+        event_thread = g_thread_try_new("event_thread",
+                                        event_thread_loop,
                                        (gpointer)sessionid, 
-                                       FALSE, 
                                        &event_thread_error);