[OpenAFS] afsd: Error -1 in basic initialization

Benjamin P Myers dative@sukrahelitek.com
Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:43:32 -0500


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I'm having a bit of trouble installing openafs-1.2.9a from source on SuSE=
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and wonder if someone can suggest what to do next.  I've gone through the=
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setup document ok up until starting the client.  Here's the error I've be=
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getting:

Starting AFS services.....
afsd: Error -1 in basic initialization.
Adding cell 'sukrahelitek.com': error -1
afsd: No check server daemon in client.
afsd: All AFS daemons started.
afsd: Can't mount AFS on /afs(22)

manually:

# ./afsd -nosettime -verbose
afsd: My home cell is 'sukrahelitek.com'
SScall(137, 28, 17)=3D-1 afsd: Forking rx listener daemon.
SScall(137, 28, 48)=3D-1 afsd: My home cell is 'sukrahelitek.com'
SScall(137, 28, 17)=3D-1 afsd: Forking rx listener daemon.
afsd: Forking rx callback listener.
SScall(137, 28, 0)=3D-1 afsd: My home cell is 'sukrahelitek.com'
SScall(137, 28, 17)=3D-1 afsd: Forking rx listener daemon.
afsd: Forking rx callback listener.
afsd: Forking rxevent daemon.
SScall(137, 28, 19)=3D-1 afsd: My home cell is 'sukrahelitek.com'
SScall(137, 28, 17)=3D-1 afsd: Forking rx listener daemon.
afsd: Forking rx callback listener.
afsd: Forking rxevent daemon.
SScall(137, 28, 36)=3D-1 afsd: Error -1 in basic initialization.
=2E..

(I'm not sure, but) i think the interesting part is the SScall(137, x, x)=
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# cat /proc/ksyms | grep afs_syscall
dc8404b4 afs_syscall_icreate    [libafs-2.4.19-4GB]
dc8404cc afs_syscall_iincdec    [libafs-2.4.19-4GB]
dc844d88 afs_syscall    [libafs-2.4.19-4GB]
dc844140 afs_syscall_call       [libafs-2.4.19-4GB]
dc848374 afs_syscall_pioctl     [libafs-2.4.19-4GB]
dc8404c0 afs_syscall_iopen      [libafs-2.4.19-4GB]

Any suggestions for what to do next?

Thanks,
-Ben