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mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

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[SOLVED] Cannot Start fam and rpcbind

Since yesterday's initscript update, whenever I boot, I get a [FAILED] message when FAM tries to start. If I try to start it from the command line, the message is:

sudo /etc/rc.d/fam start
:: Starting File Alteration Monitor                                      [FAIL] 
ERROR: rpcbind is not running

If I try to start rpcbind from the command line, I get:

sudo /etc/rc.d/rpcbind start
:: Starting rpcbind                                                      [FAIL] 

I don't know where else to look at the moment. I don't see anything in the logs about an error when starting rpcbind.

My DAEMONS line from rc.conf:

DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng !network !netfs crond !hal dbus fam @ifplugd !net-auto-wireless !net-auto-wired @alsa @mysqld @cups @httpd wicd !openntpd)

I am running Gnome3, [testing] is disabled and the system is completely up to date. Does anyone have any pointers on this?

Last edited by mrunion (2011-05-04 13:59:27)

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Matt

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mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Start fam and rpcbind

OK, solved the issue by removing fam and installing gamin, then removing "fam" from the DAEMONS line in rc.conf.

Thanks, all!

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kfgz

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From: Supraśl, Poland

Registered: 2009-03-02

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Start fam and rpcbind

I think that the problem is more complicated. On my machine, directory /var/run/deamons is empty o_O.

Wojo

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Registered: 2010-02-12

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Start fam and rpcbind

I think that the problem is more complicated. On my machine, directory /var/run/deamons is empty o_O.

They have been moved to /run/daemons in 'initscripts 2011.04.1-2'. /etc/rc.d/famd file requires a little tweaking.
In my case, also:

rsyncd:    [ ! -f /var/run/daemons/rsyncd ] && /usr/bin/rsync --daemon
sensors:  [ -e /var/run/daemons/sensors ] || /sbin/modprobe -r i2c-proc &>/dev/null
sensors:    [ -e /var/run/daemons/sensors ] && $0 restart || :

Also check: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24070

Last edited by Wojo (2011-05-05 09:23:48)