[Linux-cluster] Probably some silly mistake setting up a cluster ?

Petr Tuma petr.tuma at dsrg.mff.cuni.cz
Tue Mar 4 16:20:16 UTC 2008


Hi Kevin,

>>     - Sometimes, when trying to execute a binary on the file system, I get
>> execvp returning permission denied when it should not, but when I try
>> again, everything is all right. I sometimes even observe this when
>> trying to start a script on the file system, as if the interpreter of
>> the script (which is on a different file system altogether) had wrong
>> permissions. Again, simply trying one more time makes everything work.
> 
> This is a defect that has been fixed in the upstream version of GFS2.
> Which version are you using?  In general, although much better than it
> used to be, GFS2 is not yet stable.  You should use gfs-kmod if you are
> looking for a stable solution.

I am using the current version from Fedora 8, I will try to move up to 
the kernel from rawhide (if there is a newer version there, there is no 
apparent version information on the sources). Or is it better to use the 
repository version ?

Thanks, Petr




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