Hi,

I am trying to fix some RPC2 problems that I have when using volutil.

When I do a "volutil setdebug", the following happens no matter whether I
do it locally or remotely, or to the SCM or a non-SCM. Also, a
/vice/srv/CRASH file is created.

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[root_at_nsx srv]# startserver -d 1000
[root_at_nsx srv]# volutil setdebug 100
V_BindToServer: binding to host nsx.crhc.uiuc.edu
VolSetDebug failed with RPC2_DEAD (F)
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The SrvLog file reads:

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21:33:47 VolUtilWorker 0 received request -13
21:33:47 VolUtilWorker 1 received request 13
21:33:47 Setting Volume debug level to 1000
21:33:47 ****** FILE SERVER INTERRUPTED BY SIGNAL 11 ******
21:33:47 ****** Aborting outstanding transactions, stand by...
21:33:47 Uncommitted transactions: 0
21:33:47 Uncommitted transactions: 0
21:33:47 Becoming a zombie now ........
21:33:47 You may use gdb to attach to 8969
--

The SrvErr file reads:

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could not open key 2 file: No such file or directory
Assertion failed: 0, file "srv.cc", line 336
EXITING! Bye!
--

I looked in the RPC2 manual.  An "RPC2_DEAD" completion code implies that
"You were waiting for requests on a specific connection and that site has
been deemed dead or unreachable."  This would seem to indicate that
setdebug killed the server and then the RPC2 call reported it dead with an
"RPC2_DEAD" completion code.

Other volutil commands seems to work fine, such as "volutil udpatedb",
"volutil shutdown", and "volutil info".

I am using the software below.  It was the latest available from the Coda
webpage when I took it.  I compiled Coda from source. I want to use the
source rather than the Coda support that comes with the Linux kernel.

rpc2                            1.10-1
rpc2-devel                      1.10-1
lwp                             1.6-1
lwp-devel                       1.6-1
coda                            5.3.13
linux-coda (kernel module)      5.2.3
Redhat                          6.2

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  It would be nice and convenient to
be able to change the debug level during runtime.  Furthermore, if there
is a problem with RPC2, I would like to determine that.

Thank you,
Ryan

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Ryan M. Lefever

  [lefever_at_uiuc.edu]
  [217.244.8887]
  [http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~lefever]
 
  Graduate Research Assistant 
  Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing -- PERFORM
  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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