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#1 2004-09-26 00:13:09

Iolo
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Gentoo File Manager Question

I just pulled the new gentoo package from the repositories. So far, it appears to work, but I keep on getting the followign msgs printed to the console whenever I run it:

** WARNING **: Couldn't initialize mount data - automounting won't work

** WARNING **: FAM open failed, error 0--FAM will not be used

What do these msgs mean and how do I rectify them? I'm running gentoo  on fluxbox stable w/  xorg.

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#2 2004-09-26 00:26:16

kakabaratruskia
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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

I think the FAM problem is because you must have fam running.
Try;
#/etc/rc.d/fam start


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#3 2004-09-26 02:32:30

Iolo
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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

Well I think the mount error comes from the fact my user account doesn't have the rights to mount removable devices. I've fixed this behavior by simply telling gentoo never to mount anything.

As for the fam error, starting fam seems to help, but for some reason I need to start fam every time I want to start gentoo. Is this suppose to work this way?

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#4 2004-09-26 02:42:29

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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

You can add portmap and fam to the 'daemons' field in /etc/rc.conf to start it at boot.


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#5 2004-09-26 03:59:35

Iolo
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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

I've added fam to the Daemon array in rc.conf. This appears to prevent error msgs for a short while (eg for  few starts and stops of gentoo). The error however, reoccurs after opening and closing gentoo a few times.

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#6 2004-09-26 04:16:46

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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

This occurs because fam can shut itself down if inactive connection-wise for 5 seconds, or so the default settings say.  You can edit your /etc/fam/fam.conf to set a timeout of 0, which tells fam to sit around indefinitely.


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#7 2004-09-26 04:18:19

rasat
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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

Iolo wrote:

The error however, reoccurs after opening and closing gentoo a few times.

Edit /etc/fam/fam.conf. Untag and change idel time to 0.

idle_timeout = 0


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#8 2004-09-26 04:24:26

Iolo
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Re: Gentoo File Manager Question

Okay, changing the idle time appears to have fixed it.

Thanks for all your help.

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