Joseph wrote:
> I'm reading all the posts regarding distcc and it seems to me everything
> is simple but for some reason or another I don't see any activity with
> distccmon-gnome across my network.
>
> make.conf:
> MAKEOPTS="-j3"
> FEATURES="distcc"
>
> /etc/conf.d/distccd:
> DISTCCD_OPTS="${DISTCCD_OPTS} --allow 10.0.0.103"
>
> /etc/distcc/hosts
> 10.0.0.103 10.0.0.101
>
> 10.0.0.101 - is localhost
> 10.0.0.103 - is remote computer (faster)
>
> Both machines are AMD
If you run "top" on a distcc node, can you see the compiler processes? You
might find something useful in this recent thread:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111895571700001
michael higgins wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:08:46 -0700
> Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > michael higgins wrote:
> >
> > > I have a couple of questions about using distcc. I have two machines. One
> > > is \
> > > significantly faster than the other, both x86 (pentium 2 and amd
> > > athlon-xp).
>
>
> First, a big thanks to all who replied.
>
>
> > > I've followed the http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml instructions
> > > for \
> > > configuring portage to use distcc. Should I need to continue with the \
> > > instructions for "working with automake"?
> >
> > Portage does this automatically as long as you have the corresponding
> > FEATURES \
> > enabled.
>
>
> This is what I was hoping to hear.
>
>
> > > Also, how do I tell the faster machine to just use it's own power and not
> > > \
> > > attempt to use the slower one?
> >
> > When you run distcc-config --set-hosts on the faster machine you want to
> > exclude \
> > the slower machine.
> >
> > > I tried so far, getting distccd running on both machines, each
> > > distcc-config \
> > > --set-hosts has one IP entry, that of the other machine. Is this right?
> >
> > You may want to include localhost.
>
>
> Interesting... I wonder why?
>
Well, sometimes you may not want to include localhost. Maybe it has enough
load \
already.
>
> > > I ran distcc-gnome and saw no activity reported on the faster machine
> > > when \
> > > emerging something on the slower one. So, it would seem it's not working.
> > >
> > > Can anyone give me some hints? The manpage for distcc doesn't seem (to
> > > me) to \
> > > be much related to the gentoo how-to... '-)
> > > TIA,
> > >
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > source /etc/make.globals
> > source /etc/make.conf
> > export DISTCC_DIR="${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/portage/.distcc"
> > exec /usr/bin/distccmon-gnome
> >
>
>
> So, I just installed a package on the faster machine. It did try to use
> another, \
> but found none and compiled locally, but spit out an error. Maybe adding
> localhost \
> will fix this?
If the faster machine isn't going to use any distcc nodes (other than
localhost) then \
you should remove distcc from FEATURES.
> I tried emerging the same package on the slower machine and running this
> script \
> above. Nothing came up in it. However, I noticed that each time the compiler
> went \
> to run something, there was network activity. 'top' on the faster machine
> showed \
> distccd working and launching the compiler, afaict.
You can enable logging in /etc/conf.d/distccd.
> So, I have to wonder if/why the monitors don't work for me...
>
export DISTCC_DIR="${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/portage/.distcc" works for me. Maybe it
will \
help if you use "lsof" to find out what files distcc has open.
> Next time I'll just set the debug level and log location to see what actually
> \
> happened.
> Thanks again, foax.
>
>
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