* e c [2010-12-04 03:21:03 +0800]:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm having problems running openafs-client on my desktop. I installed it
> using "sudo apt-get install openafs-client", and when I try "sudo service
> openafs-client start" it just shows:
>
> Starting AFS services:.
I would have expected
Starting AFS services: openafs afsd.
(that's what it does on my Ubuntu 10.04 systems).
Could it be that the kernel module is missing? The openafs-client package
depends on openafs-modules-dkms | openafs-modules-source | openafs-modules2
(and it's only a Recommends:, not a strict dependency) so if you've installed
openafs-modules-source but not built the module, or if you have installed
a package that Provides: openafs-modules2 but for a different kernel version,
apt-get is not going to complain and the symptoms would be as you describe
(at least as far as the "Starting AFS services:." line goes).
> and waits indefinitely.
What does
pgrep -fl afsd
show?
> The strange thing is, I was able to install and run openafs-client following
> exactly the same steps above on my macbook with exactly the same ubuntu
> version (64-bit 10.04), same linux kernel (2.6.32-25-generic).
And where did the kernel module come from? dkms?
> It doesn't seem to be a connection problem either: I used the same wired
> connection for either one, and when I unplug it from the macbook and try to
> run openafs-client, it gives an error message of "No existing IP
> interfaces...". When I unplug from the desktop system, there's no such error
> message, it only shows the same "Starting AFS services:.". And when using my
> macbook I can get full AFS functionality with my college server.
>
> Also, I have tried installing openafs-client in other ways that involved
> building some modules, such as
> (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1279096) and
> (http://bobcares.com/blog/?p=501) Before each new attempt I would
> completely remove any traces of open-afs using complete removal in synaptic
> and manual deletion of openafs files in the terminal.
This is more interesting; could you describe these attempts in more detail?
It's certainly possible to build openafs-modules-`uname -r` packages with
module-assistant, for example:
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a -t auto-install openafs
Does this fail? If so, what are the error messages?
> Finally,
> sudo service openafs-client force-start ("Starting AFS services:.")
> sudo service openafs-client force-reload ("Stopping AFS services:afsd:
> Shutting down all afs processes and afs state")
> sudo service openafs-client stop ("Stopping AFS services:afsd: Shutting down
> all afs processes and afs state")
>
> all stall at the given message shown in brackets. The inability to stop
> openafs has also caused my ubuntu to be unable to restart or shutdown,
> stalling at that message.
>
> Is there any way for me to see a more detailed log of errors when I try to
> startup openafs-client? Any help is appreciated.
sudo sh -x /etc/init.d/openafs-client start
should do the trick.
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