[Gluster-devel] Module fuse not found.

[Matthias Saou]

Tsukasa Morii wrote :

> GlusterFS is working all right after the setting base on "Install and
> run GlusterFS v1.3 in 10mins".
> 
> Install and run GlusterFS v1.3 in 10mins
> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Install_and_run_GlusterFS_v1.3_in_10mins
> 
> But I always get an error message "fuse: device not found, try
> 'modprobe fuse' first", when I try to mount gluster file system with
> the command below, subsequent to OS(RHEL5) reboot.
> 
> # glusterfs -f /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs-client.vol /mnt/gluster
> 
> When I execute "modprobe fuse", I always get another message "FATAL:
> Module fuse not found."
> 
> Does somebody tell me the way to fix this problem? I can mount gluster
> file system just after installation of fuse with the command
> "./configure  --prefix=/usr  --enable-kernel-module; make install".
> 
> In this situation、I have to install fuse everytime I reboot OS.

Indeed. The problem is that RHEL doesn't have the fuse module enabled
by default. A cleaner option would be to use dkms, which takes care of
recompiling the module for you each time you boot a new kernel. I have
packages of fuse, dkms and dkms-fuse here, which I use on my RHEL5
systems :

http://ftp.es6.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/testing/EL5/cluster/

Matthias

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