From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704391381FA for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:08:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D60BB21C02E; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:08:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from binky.genestate.com (li267-248.members.linode.com [178.79.147.248]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52F8E21C02E for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:06:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from genesis.genestate.com (pathfinder.genestate.com [212.21.116.18]) by binky.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E5346EA71 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:06:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D78928F5DB for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:06:55 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=genestate.com; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:subject :subject:mime-version:user-agent:from:from:date:date:message-id :received:received; s=default; t=1356833211; bh=D++NGKBBoMN+UBSm 7mQ3LEIkmM2V96BFHlzSxnrdIL8=; b=HSZ8VSOvyZ/kdH1Y5Bjg00Mfk1KgL1A0 fzM1QARepQidXt0E1yCjBaqpt6o9AiYMnnVnkijo7xqPOk2noD0RHcLGRhKdyzFD vY+PWU+pEwXd50WG7QvpcDtCGzaJT+njoeSuzd2Xbnb+fT8usEE1JpUxzpeN785h Rw7zIR+WXzA= Received: from genesis.genestate.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (exodus.genestate.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id Hh5IVfPu_OAb for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:06:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [10.194.217.19] (muffinbuffer.genestate.com [10.194.217.19]) by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A24B728F51B for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:06:47 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <50DFA1BB.3020704@genestate.com> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:06:51 +0000 From: Matt Harrison User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 Thunderbird/16.0.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] net-snmp 5.7.2_rc1 on xen X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b71601ba-be0f-4ab5-b341-5905a45d58b7 X-Archives-Hash: 445c6e617e03a43ea907969d579f0d55 Hi list, I've been away from Gentoo for quite a while but recently a friend asked me to help update an aged linode vps running on Xen. All has gone well except the new version of net-snmp (5.7.2_rc1) refuses to start as Xen doesn't provide access to PCI info: * Starting snmpd ... pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci pcilib: Cannot find any working access method. * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/snmpd' * Failed to start I know next to nothing about Xen and little more about snmp. We contacted linode to see if they had dealt with this before (the system is running the standard gentoo image, although updated). Unfortunately they stated that they are an unmanaged service and wouldn't provide any further help. I've looked around for several days but have found very little info on this and nothing that helpful. Short of compiling a custom version of net-snmp and hacking out the PCI stuff (which may solve the problem or may just mean snmp doesn't return the needed info) I have run out of ideas. Any help on this would be appreciated Many thanks