--- gkrellm-2.3.11-orig/src/sysdeps/linux.c	2019-07-25 09:50:12.000000000 -0400
+++ gkrellm-2.3.11-new/src/sysdeps/linux.c	2025-08-22 13:41:10.864057230 -0400
@@ -1003,8 +1003,8 @@
 void
 gkrellm_sys_net_check_routes(void)
 	{
-	static FILE		*f=NULL;
-	static FILE		*f6=NULL;
+	FILE			*f=NULL;
+	FILE			*f6=NULL;
 	GList			*list;
 	NetUp			*net;
 	gchar			*s;
@@ -1042,7 +1042,9 @@
 				net->cur_up = TRUE;
 				}
 			}
-		rewind(f);
+		//rewind(f);
+		fclose(f);
+		f = NULL;
 		}
 	
 	if (f6 || (f6 = fopen(PROC_NET_IPV6ROUTE_FILE, "r")) != NULL)
@@ -1078,7 +1080,9 @@
 				net->cur_up = TRUE;
 				}
 			}
-		rewind(f6);
+		//rewind(f6);
+		fclose(f6);
+		f6 = NULL;
 		}
 
 	for (list = net_routed_list; list; list = list->next)
@@ -1098,7 +1102,7 @@
 void
 gkrellm_sys_net_read_data(void)
 	{
-	static FILE	*f;
+	FILE		*f;
 	gchar		buf[512];
 	gchar		*name, *s, *s1;
 	gint		i;
@@ -1172,7 +1176,8 @@
 			}
 		gkrellm_net_assign_data(name, rx, tx);
 		}
-	rewind(f);
+	//rewind(f);
+	fclose(f);
 	}
 
 gboolean