* Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to start rpc-idmap after kernel update...
@ 2011-12-11 18:42 99% ` G.Wolfe Woodbury
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From: G.Wolfe Woodbury @ 2011-12-11 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo User Discussion
On 12/11/2011 12:21 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Ok, I just need a sanity check...
>
> I just updated my kernel from 2.6.37-r4 to 3.0.6, and now am unable to
> mount a remote nfs filesystem (on a QNAP NFS) that has been working
> fine for years...
>
> I'm getting the following error:
>
> myhost : Sun Dec 11, 12:20:00 : ~
> # /etc/init.d/rpc.idmapd start
> * Starting idmapd ...
> * make sure DNOTIFY support is enabled ...
> [ !! ]
> * ERROR: rpc.idmapd failed to start
> myhost : Sun Dec 11, 12:20:03 : ~
> #
>
> what is confusing me is I have never had DNOTIFY support enabled (I
> only enable INOTIFY), and I simply did a makeoldconfig when
> upgrqading/compiling the kernel, so why was it working before, but not
> now?
>
> Do I really have to enable DNOTIFY now? If so, why did it work before?
Perhaps they fixed a kernel bug that allowed it to work despite the
difference? It wouldn't surprise me.
I've noticed that kernel config flags and "required ones" noted in
Gentoo documents get out of sync rather quickly and they are fast-moving
targets. Go ahead and re-configure the kernel with the requested flags.
--
G.Wolfe Woodbury
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