[OpenAFS] Salvage and .gconf lock and other problems with OpenAFS 1.2.10 and 1.2.11

[Dave McMurtrie]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> > more recent .gconf problem that we have been seeing concerns the same lock
> > file that needs to be removed before the user can launch a gnome session,
> > but in this new case the lock file can't be removed unless the users home
> > directory is salvaged.  This latest problem seems to be connected with
> > unclean fileserver restarts.
>
> Yes. And I'm still looking for a simple test case on this one.
> (And I don't think it's "unclean" so much as "fileserver restarts", but
> I'm guessing)

fwiw, I spent countless hours trying to write a reproducible test case for
the gconf issue.  I used code that I ripped directly from gconf.  The plan
was to be able to use cmdebug in conjunction with my program that could
reproduce this problem.  Despite many hours of trying, I only managed to
reproduce the problem once and didn't have debugging turned on in the
cache manager.  I've since given up.

I think Derrick hit the nail right on the head with, "run gconf on
multiple machines and pray".

Thanks,

Dave
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