[OpenAFS] Problem with starting up Open AFS.

[Madhusudan Singh]

Hi,
    I have no problems compiling, but its just that rpm's are easier to
maintain.

Thanks,

Madhusudan Singh.



Erik Danielsson wrote:

> If your problem is to load the module due to unresolved symbols,
> a simple compilation of the module would be enough.
>
> By reading your mail I get the impression that you don't
> want to compile. If that is the case for you I
> suggest to use binary RPMs as much as possible, install them.
> Install and compile the kernel source.
>
> Then simply install the appropriate module.
> And hopefully all will be fine now...
>
> /Erik
>
> Madhusudan Singh wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >     Thanks for your response !
> >     Do you suggest that I compile AFS from source then ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Madhusudan Singh.
> >
> > Derek Atkins wrote:
> >
> > > Madhusudan Singh <chhabra@eecs.umich.edu> writes:
> > >
> > > > [root@guo /root]# insmod /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-`uname -r`.o
> > > > /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.2-2.o: unresolved symbol
> > > > generic_file_mmap_R807
> > > > a06f4
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > This is a known problem with the 1.0.4 RPMs on RH 7.1.  The module
> > > wasn't built properly against all of the Red Hat kernels.  The 1.1.1
> > > RPMs should be better, however it still have not been fully fixed,
> > > yet.
> > >
> > > > Next, I tried to run /usr/vice/etc/afsd.
> > >
> > > You cannot run AFSD until you successfully load libafs.  The errors
> > > you got from afsd are absolutely expected.
> > >
> > > -derek
> > > --
> > >        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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