[OpenAFS] OpenAFS for Windows vs XP SP2

[Rob Murawski]

Tim,

Can you check your PATH setting in Windows?  My guess is that it's probably
a mess with the multiple OpenAFS installs.  Please make sure the AFS
directories in the path are listed only once.

This will be fixed in the next installer build.

-Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim C." <tim@umbc.edu>
To: "Jeffrey Altman" <jaltman@columbia.edu>
Cc: <openafs-info@openafs.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS for Windows vs XP SP2


> > The behavior which has been described simply means
> > that one or more of the functions which are called
> > during the process of populating the drive list are
> > blocking.
> >
> > I have installed XP SP2 Beta on a machine and been
> > able to demonstrate at least one system in which
> > this problem does not occur.  Therefore, we are
> > still at square one when it comes to figuring out
> > which aspect of the system configuration is producing
> > this problem.
> >
>   Oh...I was wondering on the SP2, cause I didn't even see it.  It's
> beta. :)
>
> > There must be something common to the systems which
> > are experiencing the problem.  Perhaps it is a class
> > of network drivers from a particular vendor; or a
> > particular network configuration (network bridge plus
> > loopback); or a firewall product; or a VPN client;
> > or something else.
> >
>   Okay, I have an orinoco PC card as my main network interface, a 3com
> 10/100 pc card that is not being used, but is active.  And I installed
> the loopback(before I began testing all of this.  I don't have bridging,
> a firewall, or a vpn client.
>
> > In the latest build which has been uploaded but
> > not tested by anyone, I have reduced the number of
> > times and under which conditions the network configuration
> > is probed in an attempt to determine the proper
> > Netbios Name.  Hopefully this will have a positive
> > impact.
> >
>   I can't even get this latest version to work at all.  I thought it
> might be how I was installing it, so I've installed it like 3 times.
> This latest time I went through and removed all files and registry
> settings associated with the transarc version, and the openafs version.
>   I install it(using all default except setting my cell to "umbc.edu"),
> reboot, and when I do the icon appears in the tray as normal.  I click
> that and it says "afs service not started, click next to start".  When I
> do it says it can't be started and to check the control panel stuff.  So
> I go to the control panel, launch the afs client configuration, it shows
> the control panel which I can navigate around, but it has on top a
> window stating "Please wait; the AFS Client service is stopping".  That
> window doesn't go away until I click cancel on the configuration window.
> On the configuration window, the Client status says "The AFS Client
> service is not configured properly".  It's like the install didn't work
> right.
>   I also noticed that there is not a service listed in the
> administrative services manager.  I thought there was one before?
>
> > If not, I would like to know if the problem is caused
> > by some tricky code which is being used to probe each
> > network interface to determine the display name
> > assigned to the adapter.
> >
>   On a similar note, the drive map tab seems to function "normally",
> even though the service isn't. ;)
>
> > please try adding the following value to
> > the registry:
> >
> >   [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\Parameters]
> >       "NoFindLanaByName" (DWORD) = 0x1
> >
>   I just added this, and I'm rebooting to see if I have any better
> luck...
>
> Same results as above...
>
> Tim
>
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