Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

sweiss · 2006-05-30 07:46:07

Hello.
I've this really obscure problem and was wondering if you've any idea. I have netfs and samba listen in my /etc/rc.conf's DAEMONS array. They both fail to start with the following error messages:

samba:

/etc/rc.d/samba: line 8:  3772 Aborted                 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
/etc/rc.d/samba: line 8:  3773 Aborted                 /usr/sbin/nmbd -D

netfs:

mount.smbfs: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion `step->__end_fct == ((void *)0)' failed.
mount.smbfs: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion `step->__end_fct == ((void *)0)' failed.

The weird thing is that when I start them manually they work. I've tried placing them in different positions in the DAEMONS array, I've also tried starting them through /etc/rc.local, but it didn't work. Only when the system was up entirely I could start these daemons, it seems.

I thought this might be a kernel issue, but I've tested with both the Beyond and the stock kernel and got the same results.

I'm pretty clueless. Any ideas?

iphitus · 2006-05-30 07:49:47

do you run testing? if so, chances are you've been bitten by this:
http://archlinux.org/news.php#236

file a bug.

James

sweiss · 2006-05-30 07:53:45

These issues have started several days ago, I'm not sure testing is to blame.

sweiss · 2006-05-30 08:28:28

Anyway, I've filed for it here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4732

tomk · 2006-05-30 09:47:47

I'm also getting this exact same error

xfmedia: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion `step->__end_fct == ((void *)0)' failed.

when I try to run xfmedia. I've rebuilt it against the latest version of everything from testing, and the error is still there.

I realise this doesn't help you directly, but it does show that the problem is more fundamental, as it is affecting widely differing applications.

xfmedia is from the AUR, so I wouldn't expect the devs to be concerned about it, but I'll add a comment to your bug report anyway, in case it helps.

iphitus · 2006-05-30 11:40:32

ok, yeah, might be a good one to report, try recompiling glibc against the new db, it's a problem within glibc.

James

edit: oh, you've opened it, good users 8)

JGC · 2006-05-30 12:30:27

iphitus wrote:

ok, yeah, might be a good one to report, try recompiling glibc against the new db, it's a problem within glibc.
James
edit: oh, you've opened it, good users 8)

glibc doesn't do anything with BDB installed on your system, glibc is almost self-contained (it only needs a compiler toolchain to build)

What happens here is an internal assertion failure in glibc.

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#1 2006-05-30 07:46:07

Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

#2 2006-05-30 07:49:47

Re: Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

#3 2006-05-30 07:53:45

Re: Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

#4 2006-05-30 08:28:28

Re: Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

#5 2006-05-30 09:47:47

Re: Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

#6 2006-05-30 11:40:32

Re: Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

#7 2006-05-30 12:30:27

Re: Problems with starting samba and netfs daemons

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