Laurent,

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Troy Dawson wrote:

> Laurent Aphecetche wrote:
> > Hi Troy,
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> > The "yum groupinstall "OpenAFS Client" suceeded.
> >
> > But "service afs start" hangs. Do I have to reboot ?
> >
>
> There are two things you probrubly still need to do.
> First is to make sure you put whatever AFS cell you are in ThisCell.
> I'm not sure what AFS cell in2p3 uses.  But if you were at Fermilab you
> would do
>
>    echo fnal.gov > /usr/vice/etc/ThisCell
>
> Also, I've noticed in the test's to track down this problem, that yum
> doesn't always get the right kernel-module-openafs when doing the first
> install.  So do the following
>
>    uname -r
>    rpm -qa | grep kernel-module
>
> and make sure that the kernel-module-openafs is the right one for the
> kernel you have running.  If it isn't then you'll need to do a
>
>    yum install kernel-module-openafs-`uname -r`
>
>
>
> > BTW, is there a doc on the available yum groups ?

Some were documented in SL.releasenote .  Most are the standard RedHat
ones.

-Connie Sieh
> >
>
> Not yet.
> you can do a
>
>    yum grouplist
>
> And that will list them all and to find out what's in them do a
>
>    yum grouplist "<groupname>"
>
> all of these functionalities are in the 'man yum'.  That is one of the
> good man pages, ranks right up there with 'man rpm'
>
> Basically the list of groups currently in that list, is what you'd see
> during an install.  The various groups that you can pick and choose.
>
> > Regards,
> >
> > Troy Dawson wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> What error do you get if you do a
> >>
> >>   yum groupinstall "OpenAFS Client"
> >>
> >> This should install everything you need for openafs in one swoop.
> >>
> >> Also, if that doesn't help, can you send the output of
> >>
> >>   rpm -q kernel kernel-smp
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Troy
> >>
> >> Laurent Aphecetche wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Well, it does not seem to help :
> >>>
> >>>  > rpm -q yum
> >>> yum-2.0.7-2.SL
> >>>
> >>>  > yum install openafs-client
> >>> ...
> >>> .....Unable to satisfy dependencies
> >>> Package kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-15.0.3.ELsmp needs
> >>> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-15.0.3.ELsmp, this is not available.
> >>>
> >>> Also, another strange thing is that I cannot remove openafs (base) rpm
> >>> package (by yum remove or plain rpm -e) :
> >>>
> >>> rpm -e openafs
> >>> error: %preun(openafs-1.2.11-15.5.SL) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Jean-Michel Barbet wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Laurent Aphecetche wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've just installed SL302 on my laptop. I've chosen Workstation
> >>>>> installation type. Now I need afs. So here's what I've tried:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> yum install openafs
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> [...]
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Laurent,
> >>>>
> >>>> First update yum with this testing update so that the dependencies
> >>>> are correctly handled :
> >>>>
> >>>> rpm -Fvh /stock/SL/testing/yum-2.0.7-2.SL.noarch.rpm
> >>>>
> >>>> JM
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
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>
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