[Linux-cluster] Issue with KDE with kernel later than 2.6.18-53.1.21

[Corey Kovacs]

My mistake, I'd assumed (yes I know the implications of that word)
that this was on an NFS mount point. the rsize attribute only pertains
to NFS mounted filesystems

-C

2009/2/4 Randy Brown <randy.brown at noaa.gov>:
> I'm having trouble getting the file system to mount after adding the rsize
> parameter.  Here is my fstab entry:
>
> /dev/vgdevl/shared /fs/shared                    gfs     defaults        0 0
>
> I changed it to:
>
> /dev/vgdevl/shared /fs/shared                    gfs     defaults,rsize=8192
>    0 0
>
> and when I try to mount the file system I get:
>
> [root at nfs2-cluster etc]# mount /fs/shared
> /sbin/mount.gfs: error mounting /dev/mapper/vgdevl-shared on /fs/shared:
> Invalid argument
>
> Looking though the man pages, it appears that the rsize switch should work.
>  Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy
>
> Randy Brown wrote:
>>
>> Great.  Thanks.  I'll give that a shot.  I just need to find umount and
>> mount that file system to see if it worked.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>> Corey Kovacs wrote:
>>>
>>> I had a similar problem. Reducing my rsize back to 8k from 32k fixed it.
>>> Problem root was the lock files in the .qt directory.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Corey
>>>
>>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 16:00, Randy Brown <randy.brown at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are seeing a very strange issue with KDE with all kernels later than
>>>> 2.6.18-53.1.21 on our cluster nodes.  When users attempt to log into the
>>>> machine using KDE, it never makes it to the KDE splash screen.  The machine
>>>> just hangs on a solid blue screen.  I can then restart the Xserver and login
>>>> using Gnome, and it logs in without any issues.  Unfortunately, for us, KDE
>>>> is the standard desktop environment used by our development group.  I can
>>>> reboot the the cluster to the 2.6.18-53.1.21 kernel and both KDE and Gnome
>>>> work as expected.  Obviously, I'd prefer to be running the latest kernel.  I
>>>> will gladly provide more info if needed.  Any help or suggestions would be
>>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Randy
>>>>
>>>> Info about our cluster:
>>>> It is a 2 node cluster running Centos 5 with up to date patches.  I am
>>>> using the cluster as a NAS head to serve NFS mounts out to our network from
>>>> an iscsi SAN.
>>>>
>>>> Current running kernel:
>>>> 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5  (Running this kernel so KDE logins work)
>>>>
>>>> Most current installed kernel:
>>>> 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
>>>>
>>>> Cluster packages:
>>>> lvm2-cluster-2.02.32-4.el5
>>>> cman-2.0.84-2.el5_2.3
>>>> gfs2-utils-0.1.44-1.el5_2.1
>>>> rgmanager-2.0.38-2.el5_2.1
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