[OpenAFS] FAM and OpenAFS

[Lars Schimmer]

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Juha J=E4ykk=E4 wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> Has anybody tried to use KDE's/Gnome's fam(d) with OpenAFS client? I ke=
ep
> getting strange crashes (the whole system freezes) with this combinatio=
n.
> The machines in question behaved ok until openafs-client was installed,=
 so
> my natural instincts are to blame openafs/fam-combo. This sounds a litt=
le
> like the Apple Finder -bug to me: both Finder and fam want to access fi=
les
> they do not necessarily have access to...
>=20
> The systems' logs are filled with this just prior to the crash:
>=20
> Feb 21 09:34:58 planck famd[4177]: client 5 invalid request number 618
>=20
> The request number shoots up from few dozens to tens of thousands befor=
e
> the crash. It also seems that the system only freezes if KDE is running=
,
> but not with no "desktop environment" active (i.e. just fluxbox or some
> other window manager).
>=20
> Anybody had similar experiences? [Just checking here before filing a
> bug...]

Here on Debian the famd consumes up to 100% load from to time, I just
restart the famd and everything is back normal.
All I got from the mailinglist is: take another monitotr daemon, famd is
well known for this problem.

> Cheers,
> Juha
>=20


MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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