[Gluster-devel] Glusterfs not mounting correctly during boot under RHEL 5.2

[Ioannis Aslanidis]

Gordan Bobic wrote:
> Ioannis Aslanidis wrote:
>>
>> Gordan Bobic wrote:
>>> All sorts of problems still come up regularly, but they get fixed
>>> pretty quickly. I suggest you try the current release 1.3.12. It's
>>> still not perfect, but it's a lot less buggy than 1.3.8pre6.
>>
>> Can you point me at the particular fix for my problem in the current
>> version? Advising an upgrade without being sure that it will fix the
>> problem is not a valid option. Which feature/patch may fix my problem?
> 
> I'm not even aware of there being an easily obtainable list of fixes.
> You're using beta software, so be prepared for things like this.

Personally, I do not think that this is a valid/helpful response. If
there is no list of fixes, then this should be fixed.

> 
>>> As an aside, are you sure the rest of the setup is the same (volume
>>> specs, firewall rules, etc.). If you are using the same gluster
>>> binaries on both, your problem is most likely related to an OS
>>> configuration issue. Have you verified that client/server daemons are
>>> running? Is fuse module loaded on the client?
>>
>> I know the problem is probably OS related, this is why I am asking if
>> someone experienced this before on RHEL 5.2. The firewall rules look
>> fine. Both the client and the server are running.
> 
> I'm using RHEL 5.2 (actually CentOS 5.2, but close enough), and I've
> experienced various issues with various versions, including all current
> ones. But problems generally get fixed reasonably quickly. Keep up with
> the version updates and don't use it in production yet.

As I said before, it works fine in FC and I only experience this issue
in RHEL 5.2. This is why I am asking for someone using exactly RHEL 5.2
and glusterfs. Something close enough is not enough. FC is close enough
as well and it works.

> 
>> The fuse module is definitely loaded on the client after fixing some
>> SELinux problems and there are no more SELinux audits that report
>> problems, so I am stuck there.
> 
> Hmm, I have SELinux completely disabled, but I doubt this is likely to
> be a cause of your problems.

I agree.

> 
> Gordan
> 
> 
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