[OpenAFS] unable to start afs client

[EC]

>>  hello all,
>>
>>  i am getting problem with afs client on red hat linux 8.0 (kernel
>> version is 2.4.18-14) .
>>
>>  when i run 'service afs start ' with server and client option " ON "
>> in
>>  " /etc/sysconfig/afs " , the command getting hanged.
>>
>>  it only starting server and unable to start the client.
>>
>>  the output is : afs lost contact with file server ( all multihome ip
>> address down for server).
>>
>>  but i can ping the server with its ip address and so its network is
>> working perfectly.
>>
>>  i also did the following.
>>
>>  1. i started the server part with " service afs start " by having
>> only server option "ON" in " /etc/sysconfig/afs " file.
>>
>>  2. then i used " /usr/vice/etc/afsd -debug -verbose' , it is giving
>> the following output.
>>
>>  afsd: My home cell is 'afs.compunet.barc.in'
>>  ParseCacheInfoFile: Opening cache info file
>> '/usr/vice/etc/cacheinfo'...
>>  ParseCacheInfoFile: Cache info file successfully parsed:
>>  =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 cacheMountDir: '/afs'
>>  =A0 =A0 =A0 cacheBaseDir: '/usr/vice/cache'
>>  =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 cacheBlocks: 20000
>>  afsd: 2000 inode_for_V entries at 0x8075078, 8000 bytes
>>  SScall(137, 28, 17)=3D-1 afsd: Forking rx listener daemon.
>>  afsd: Forking rx callback listener.
>>  afsd: Forking rxevent daemon.
>>  SScall(137, 28, 48)=3D-1 SScall(137, 28, 0)=3D-1 SScall(137, 28, =
36)=3D-1
>>
>
>Yes, you can't launch even one AFS syscall. This means you either have
>not loaded the kernel module or your kernel module doesn't work with
>your kernel for whatever reason.
>
>Horst
Hi, unfortunately I have exactly the same problem on my PIII (see recent
discussion avout afsd crash between Horst and me... :(

EC.