[OpenAFS] Strange Behavior of Openafs-1.1.1
caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
Tue, 07 Aug 2001 06:07:23 -0600 (MDT)
As an answer to the second question, everything seems to load without error.
The first is a bit more difficult, I will recompile and try without the ext3
patch but I will say this configuration functioned perfectly with the 2.4.3
kernel...
Loren
On 07-Aug-2001 Derek Atkins wrote:
> 1) What happens if you try without the ext3 journaling patch?
>
> 2) Are there any kernel log messages when you start AFS (and it fails)?
>
> -derek
>
> <caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu> writes:
>
>> Okay,
>>
>> I just got back after a short vacation. Let me explain my situation a
>> little
>> more clearly. In my case I had openafs working perfectly under the vanilla
>> 2.4.3 kernel and due to some other requirement was forced to move to at
>> least
>> 2.4.6. At this point I recompiled the openafs-1.0.4 libafs module with
>> complete
>> ease and installed it just as before. Upon starting afs I noticed it seemed
>> to
>> load much faster than prviously. As a check I kloged into the
>> slac.stanford.edu
>> server successfully and did a df to see if the afs directories were truely
>> mounted. All seemed okay, but upon an attempt to enter any afs directory I
>> got
>> the error message, "cd: /afs: Not a directory". At this point I upgraded to
>> afs-1.1.1 and vanilla kernel 2.4.7 with the same results. The only patch I
>> am
>> applying to the kernel source is the ext3 journaling patch.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Loren
>>
>> > So the 2.4.6-2 kernel was from Mandrake? I believe that Mandrake
>> > kernels are not "supported" by OpenAFS (at least until someone
>> > identifies the actual patch that causes the problem). I'm not
>> > surprised it works with the Red Hat 2.4.3-12 kernel; that has been
>> > tested. It should also work with a kernel.org kernel, even though you
>> > never tried it.
>> >
>> > The server doesn't depend on the kernel module; it's all user-space.
>> > So that should work on just about anything.
>> >
>> > -derek
>> >
>> >> Corey
>> >>
>> >> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > So you compiled OpenAFS 1.1.1 from source on your system
>> >> > against kernel 2.4.7, installed the module, and it still
>> >> > didn't work? Does the module actually load properly?
>> >> > Does AFS actually get mounted? Did you "mkdir /afs" before
>> >> > you ran afsd?
>> >> >
>> >> > -derek
>> >> >
>> >> > <caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu> writes:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I forgot to say that I am using a vanilla kernel...
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Loren
>> >> > > On 01-Aug-2001 Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> > > > Are you using a kernel.org kernel or a Mandrake kernel? IIRC there
>> >> > > > was a problem with the Mandrake kernels where they include some
>> >> > > > patches that aren't supported by AFS. Try using a kernel from
>> >> > > > kernel.org and rebuild your kernel module.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > -derek
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Loren Caldwell <caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu> writes:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >> Anyone,
>> >> > > >>
>> >> > > >> I am running Mandrake 8.0, openafs-1.0.4, and kernel 2.4.5
>> >> > > >> successfully.
>> >> > > >> Due to other requirements I have been forced to use a 2.4.6->7
>> >> > > >> kernel
>> >> > > >> on
>> >> > > >> one of my server boxes. Installing the rpms and compiling the
>> >> > > >> kernel
>> >> > > >> source to generate the correct afs module goes quite nicely. When
>> >> > > >> I
>> >> > > >> start the afs services I receive no error messages, and can klog
>> >> > > >> successfully. When I attempt to access the afs volumes, however, I
>> >> > > >> get
>> >> > > >> this message "cd: /afs: Not a directory". I have upgraded to
>> >> > > >> openafs-1.1.1 and kernel 2.4.7 with the same results. I have also
>> >> > > >> downloaded the source tarball and compiled and installed from the
>> >> > > >> source
>> >> > > >> with the same results. At this point I would appreciate any help
>> >> > > >> anyone
>> >> > > >> has to offer.
>> >> > > >>
>> >> > > >> Thanks
>> >> > > >>
>> >> > > >> Loren Caldwell
>> >> > > >>
>> >> > > >> ----
>> >> > > >> physics network manager
>> >> > > >> Colorado State University
>> >> > > >> caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
>> >> > > >> _______________________________________________
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>> >> > > >> OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
>> >> > > >> https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > --
>> >> > > > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >> > > > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
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>> >> > > > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
>> >> > >
>> >> > > ----------------------------------
>> >> > > Loren Caldwell
>> >> > > Physics Dept. Network Manager Colorado State University
>> >> > > Phone/Fax : (970) 491-5683 / (970) 491-7947
>> >> > > E-Mail : caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
>> >> > > 16:17:51 01-Aug-2001
>> >> > > ----------------------------------
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >> > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
>> >> > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
>> >> > warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
>> >> > _______________________________________________
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>> >> > OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
>> >> > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Corey Kovacs "I know not with what weapons World War III
>> >> Computer Science Dept. will be fought, but World War IV will be
>> >> DePauw University. fought with sticks and stones."
>> >> 765.658.4761 - Albert Einstein
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
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>> >> <html>
>> >> This sounds like the problem I had a few days ago. I ended up moving
>> >> <br>back to a redhat kernel (2.4.3-12) and recompiling the openafs-1.1.1
>> >> suite
>> >> <br>from the source rpm. Everything seems to work now.
>> >> <p>I had started out with OAFS-1.0.4 on the server with a kernel.org
>> >> 2.4.5.
>> >> I
>> >> <br>then tried to upgrade to a 2.4.6-2 rpm kernel and compile OAFS 1.1.1.
>> >> The
>> >> <br>server worked as far as I could tell (except for the vos syncvldb
>> >> core
>> >> dump)
>> >> <br>but the client would not recognice the afs directory. It simple gave
>> >> the error
>> >> <br>mentioned below.
>> >> <p>By the way, the 2.4.6-2 kernel rpm was NOT from redhat, but the
>> >> 2.4.3-12
>> >> <br>version is. I have not tried it with a virgin kernel.org kernel. Nor
>> >> have I had
>> >> <br>time to go through the redhat patches one by one to see what breaks
>> >> it. I just
>> >> <br>wanted to mention this since his is not an isolated incident.
>> >> <p>Corey
>> >> <p>Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>So you compiled OpenAFS 1.1.1 from source on your
>> >> system
>> >> <br>against kernel 2.4.7, installed the module, and it still
>> >> <br>didn't work? Does the module actually load properly?
>> >> <br>Does AFS actually get mounted? Did you "mkdir /afs" before
>> >> <br>you ran afsd?
>> >> <p>-derek
>> >> <p><caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu> writes:
>> >> <p>> I forgot to say that I am using a vanilla kernel...
>> >> <br>>
>> >> <br>> Loren
>> >> <br>> On 01-Aug-2001 Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> <br>> > Are you using a kernel.org kernel or a Mandrake kernel?
>> >> IIRC
>> >> there
>> >> <br>> > was a problem with the Mandrake kernels where they include some
>> >> <br>> > patches that aren't supported by AFS. Try using a kernel
>> >> from
>> >> <br>> > kernel.org and rebuild your kernel module.
>> >> <br>> >
>> >> <br>> > -derek
>> >> <br>> >
>> >> <br>> > Loren Caldwell <caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu> writes:
>> >> <br>> >
>> >> <br>> >> Anyone,
>> >> <br>> >>
>> >> <br>> >> I am running Mandrake 8.0, openafs-1.0.4, and kernel 2.4.5
>> >> successfully.
>> >> <br>> >> Due to other requirements I have been forced to use a 2.4.6->7
>> >> kernel on
>> >> <br>> >> one of my server boxes. Installing the rpms and compiling the
>> >> kernel
>> >> <br>> >> source to generate the correct afs module goes quite nicely.
>> >> When
>> >> I
>> >> <br>> >> start the afs services I receive no error messages, and can klog
>> >> <br>> >> successfully. When I attempt to access the afs volumes, however,
>> >> I get
>> >> <br>> >> this message "cd: /afs: Not a directory". I have upgraded to
>> >> <br>> >> openafs-1.1.1 and kernel 2.4.7 with the same results. I have
>> >> also
>> >> <br>> >> downloaded the source tarball and compiled and installed from
>> >> the source
>> >> <br>> >> with the same results. At this point I would appreciate any help
>> >> anyone
>> >> <br>> >> has to offer.
>> >> <br>> >>
>> >> <br>> >> Thanks
>> >> <br>> >>
>> >> <br>> >> Loren Caldwell
>> >> <br>> >>
>> >> <br>> >> ----
>> >> <br>> >> physics network manager
>> >> <br>> >> Colorado State University
>> >> <br>> >> caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
>> >> <br>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> <br>> >> OpenAFS-info mailing list
>> >> <br>> >> OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
>> >> <br>> >> <a
>> >> href="https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info">https://lis
>> >> ts.
>> >> openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info</a>
>> >> <br>> >
>> >> <br>> > --
>> >> <br>> > Derek Atkins, SB '93
>> >> MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >> <br>> > Member, MIT Student
>> >> Information
>> >> Processing Board (SIPB)
>> >> <br>> > URL: <a
>> >> href="http://web.mit.edu/warlord/">http://web.mit.edu/warlord/</a> &n
>> >> bsp
>> >> ;
>> >> PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
>> >> <br>> >
>> >> warlord@MIT.EDU  
>> >> ;&n
>> >> bsp; &nbs
>> >> p;
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>> >> <br>> > _______________________________________________
>> >> <br>> > OpenAFS-info mailing list
>> >> <br>> > OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
>> >> <br>> > <a
>> >> href="https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info">https://lis
>> >> ts.
>> >> openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info</a>
>> >> <br>>
>> >> <br>> ----------------------------------
>> >> <br>> Loren Caldwell
>> >> <br>> Physics Dept. Network Manager Colorado State University
>> >> <br>> Phone/Fax : (970) 491-5683 / (970) 491-7947
>> >> <br>> E-Mail : caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
>> >> <br>> 16:17:51 01-Aug-2001
>> >> <br>> ----------------------------------
>> >> <p>--
>> >> <br> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM
>> >> '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >> <br> Member, MIT Student Information
>> >> Processing Board (SIPB)
>> >> <br> URL: <a
>> >> href="http://web.mit.edu/warlord/">http://web.mit.edu/warlord/</a> &n
>> >> bsp
>> >> ;
>> >> PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
>> >> <br>
>> >> warlord@MIT.EDU  
>> >> ;&n
>> >> bsp; &nbs
>> >> p;
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>> >> <br>_______________________________________________
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>> >> <br>OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
>> >> <br><a
>> >> href="https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info">https://lis
>> >> ts.
>> >> openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info</a></blockquote>
>> >>
>> >> <pre>--
>> >> Corey
>> >> Kovacs &n
>> >> bsp
>> >> ; "I know not with what weapons World War III
>> >> Computer Science Dept. will be fought, but
>> >> World War IV will be
>> >> DePauw University.
>> >> fought with sticks and stones."
>> >> 765.658.4761 &n
>> >> bsp
>> >> ; &
>> >> nbs
>> >> p; - Albert Einstein</pre>
>> >> </html>
>> >>
>> >> --Boundary_(ID_OZIaTnMjbuj2lfQD6NAXaQ)--
>> >
>> > --
>> > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
>> > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
>> > warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > OpenAFS-info mailing list
>> > OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
>> > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>> Loren Caldwell
>> Physics Dept. Network Manager Colorado State University
>> Phone/Fax : (970) 491-5683 / (970) 491-7947
>> E-Mail : caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
>> 05:44:33 07-Aug-2001
>> ----------------------------------
>
> --
> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
> warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
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Loren Caldwell
Physics Dept. Network Manager Colorado State University
Phone/Fax : (970) 491-5683 / (970) 491-7947
E-Mail : caldwell@lamar.colostate.edu
06:04:38 07-Aug-2001
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