[gentoo-user] distcc trivial issue (i'm sure)

[gentoo-user] distcc trivial issue (i'm sure)

[Simon]

Hi,
   I've followed several docs about setting up distcc, one from the gentoo 
manuals and the other on distcc's website.  I believe I understand the whole 
concept pretty well, but my problem is: only the first host compiles.

   I have 3 hosts, if I use nmap, it can detect the distcc port is open what 
version of distcc and gcc it's using.  This proves it's running on all hosts.  I 
have scp all distcc config files to all hosts, including make.conf (3 pcs are 
the same arch, etc).  And of course option -j4

   If I run emerge on a pkg, I will see the log populating on the 3 machines, 
there must be communication!  After manipulating DISTCC_DIR, I got distccmon-gui 
to work.

   The monitor will show at the begining that "localhost" is compiling a small 
file during the ./configure.  Then when compilation kicks in, "localhost" stops 
working completely and "192.168.96.64"(ip of localhost on lan) starts working 
steadily.  IP:*.64 is the first host in /etc/distcc/hosts.

   I have set the logs to debug level, which i believe is the level that will 
show ALL information (right?).  I have read through that log during a 
compilation, specially at the start, and found absolutely no mention of the IP 
of any other hosts, nothing talking about connection issues or similar.

   I'm stuck here, I don't know what I'm looking for and help would be greatly 
appreciated!

Thanks,
   Simon

[gentoo-user] (SOLVED) Re: distcc trivial issue (i'm sure)

[Simon]

I have no idea what the problem was exactly, but I'm sure it was trivial.  In 
fact, I highly suspect it was just that I didn't restart distccd or something as 
boring as that...  I guess a good sleep + a good shower + a good coffee was what 
I needed to get it working!

I tested several values of -j and all give pretty much the same results which is 
about 15% acceleration (computers are 433MHz/128Mb(swaps-a-lot), 450MHz(512Mb) 
and 700MHz(512Mb)).  I don't think I should expect more acceleration, should I?

Anyway, thanks and now, let's update these ancient monsters!

Simon

Simon wrote:
> Hi,
>   I've followed several docs about setting up distcc, one from the 
> gentoo manuals and the other on distcc's website.  I believe I 
> understand the whole concept pretty well, but my problem is: only the 
> first host compiles.
> 
>   I have 3 hosts, if I use nmap, it can detect the distcc port is open 
> what version of distcc and gcc it's using.  This proves it's running on 
> all hosts.  I have scp all distcc config files to all hosts, including 
> make.conf (3 pcs are the same arch, etc).  And of course option -j4
> 
>   If I run emerge on a pkg, I will see the log populating on the 3 
> machines, there must be communication!  After manipulating DISTCC_DIR, I 
> got distccmon-gui to work.
> 
>   The monitor will show at the begining that "localhost" is compiling a 
> small file during the ./configure.  Then when compilation kicks in, 
> "localhost" stops working completely and "192.168.96.64"(ip of localhost 
> on lan) starts working steadily.  IP:*.64 is the first host in 
> /etc/distcc/hosts.
> 
>   I have set the logs to debug level, which i believe is the level that 
> will show ALL information (right?).  I have read through that log during 
> a compilation, specially at the start, and found absolutely no mention 
> of the IP of any other hosts, nothing talking about connection issues or 
> similar.
> 
>   I'm stuck here, I don't know what I'm looking for and help would be 
> greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
>   Simon
> 

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc trivial issue (i'm sure)

[Roger Mason]

Simon <turner25@gmail.com> writes:

>  I have scp all distcc config files to all hosts,

One possibility is that you forgot to edit each /etc/conf.d/distccd
file to _listen_ on its own IP address.

HTH,
Roger