[gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Thiago Lüttig]

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Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under
2.6.18kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the
2.6.20 version, and the kde takes a whole eternity to start, and another to
run any program. I use nis(ypbind) and nfs(the home folders) to log on my
network. The console show no error or warning messages after the startx
program, only the "Starting KDE...". The xorg.log doesn't show nothing about
Drivers error or something about the hardware. I downgraded the kernel
versions until reach back my 2.6.18-r2 kernel, and it worked. So, any kernel
above 2.6.18, seems to "crash" my kde. I tried to add an local user to my
box and when I start the KDE logged as local user, everything works fine :(.
I get another box, the same model, hardware, etc... and installed a fresh
gentoo, with kde, and my nis/nfs mappings. Guess what ? KDE doesn' wok !!!
:O. And, just to confirm, an local user on the fresh gentoo, starts kde
normally. What could be happening. My NIS/NFS server is a gentoo
2.6.10-hardened-r3 with nfs-utils 1.0.6-r6. Any help is welcome !! :)

Thanx
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Duane Griffin]

Hi Thiago,

On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig <tluttig@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under 2.6.18
> kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.6.20 version, and the kde
> takes a whole eternity to start, and another to run any program. I use
> nis(ypbind) and nfs(the home folders) to log on my network.

How did you upgrade your kernel?

First things first, check your setup for anything obvious. I don't
know much about KDE but I've seen problems like this with gnome when
the machine's networking is not setup correctly. Check your /etc/hosts
and hostname to ensure they are correct (not that upgrading your
kernel should affect them). Do a diff between your configs to check
nothing untoward has changed. Also capture and diff dmesgs from
booting each kernel. Finally, check your network interfaces with
/sbin/ifconfig.

If that doesn't show anything interesting you will need to try and
isolate the cause of the problem. Login as a local user on the
console. Do a "ypcat passwd" and confirm that the command completes
quickly and the user information is correct. If so then your network
and NIS are fine.

Next do an "ls -l ~<user>" with your NIS user name. If that completes
quickly and shows your home directory then NFS is fine.

If that all works fine then we are back to KDE. Next step I would
suggest is strace'ing it to see what it is delaying on. See how you
get on with the other stuff first.

Cheers,
Duane Griffin.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Thiago Lüttig]

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all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde.

On 6/4/07, Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Thiago,
>
> On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig <tluttig@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under
> 2.6.18
> > kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.6.20 version, and the
> kde
> > takes a whole eternity to start, and another to run any program. I use
> > nis(ypbind) and nfs(the home folders) to log on my network.
>
> How did you upgrade your kernel?
>
> First things first, check your setup for anything obvious. I don't
> know much about KDE but I've seen problems like this with gnome when
> the machine's networking is not setup correctly. Check your /etc/hosts
> and hostname to ensure they are correct (not that upgrading your
> kernel should affect them). Do a diff between your configs to check
> nothing untoward has changed. Also capture and diff dmesgs from
> booting each kernel. Finally, check your network interfaces with
> /sbin/ifconfig.
>
> If that doesn't show anything interesting you will need to try and
> isolate the cause of the problem. Login as a local user on the
> console. Do a "ypcat passwd" and confirm that the command completes
> quickly and the user information is correct. If so then your network
> and NIS are fine.
>
> Next do an "ls -l ~<user>" with your NIS user name. If that completes
> quickly and shows your home directory then NFS is fine.
>
> If that all works fine then we are back to KDE. Next step I would
> suggest is strace'ing it to see what it is delaying on. See how you
> get on with the other stuff first.
>
> Cheers,
> Duane Griffin.
>
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> "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan
> --
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>
>


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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Thiago Lüttig]

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When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this:



statd: server localhost not responding, timed out


something about the nfs server ?

On 6/4/07, Thiago Lüttig <tluttig@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde.
>
> On 6/4/07, Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Thiago,
> >
> > On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig < tluttig@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under
> > 2.6.18
> > > kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.6.20 version, and
> > the kde
> > > takes a whole eternity to start, and another to run any program. I use
> >
> > > nis(ypbind) and nfs(the home folders) to log on my network.
> >
> > How did you upgrade your kernel?
> >
> > First things first, check your setup for anything obvious. I don't
> > know much about KDE but I've seen problems like this with gnome when
> > the machine's networking is not setup correctly. Check your /etc/hosts
> > and hostname to ensure they are correct (not that upgrading your
> > kernel should affect them). Do a diff between your configs to check
> > nothing untoward has changed. Also capture and diff dmesgs from
> > booting each kernel. Finally, check your network interfaces with
> > /sbin/ifconfig.
> >
> > If that doesn't show anything interesting you will need to try and
> > isolate the cause of the problem. Login as a local user on the
> > console. Do a "ypcat passwd" and confirm that the command completes
> > quickly and the user information is correct. If so then your network
> > and NIS are fine.
> >
> > Next do an "ls -l ~<user>" with your NIS user name. If that completes
> > quickly and shows your home directory then NFS is fine.
> >
> > If that all works fine then we are back to KDE. Next step I would
> > suggest is strace'ing it to see what it is delaying on. See how you
> > get on with the other stuff first.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Duane Griffin.
> >
> > --
> > "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan
> > --
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> >
>
>
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>
> Atenciosamente,
> Thiago Lüttig
>
> MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com
> ICQ:   194392373
> ______________________________
>



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Atenciosamente,
Thiago Lüttig

MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com
ICQ:   194392373
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Uwe Thiem]

On 04 June 2007, Thiago Lüttig wrote:
> When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this:
>
>
>
> statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
>
>
> something about the nfs server ?

I don't think so. Would you please post the content of /etc/hosts and the 
output of ifconfig as well as "route -n"?

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Dan Farrell]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:34:23 -0300
"Thiago Lüttig" <tluttig@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was
> this:
> 
> 
> 
> statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
> 
> 
rpc.statd needs to be running on NFS client hosts.  
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Thiago Lüttig]

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Folks, i've tried install nfs-utils on my client boxes, and guess what !??!
it worked !!!. I guess the rpc.statd is started when I start the nfs service
on my client box. Anyway, i think my problem is solved(by now :) )
Thax all of you for the time and help.

On 6/4/07, Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:34:23 -0300
> "Thiago Lüttig" <tluttig@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was
> > this:
> >
> >
> >
> > statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
> >
> >
> rpc.statd needs to be running on NFS client hosts.
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>


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Atenciosamente,
Thiago Lüttig

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