NFS statd fails to start

[Aldo Foot]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Aldo Foot <lunixer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> While booting F9, I NFS statd fails to start. Any ideas?
>>
>> What troubleshooting steps have you taken? More details are needed.
>> The mandatory questions: have you checked your logs for messages? Do you
>> get any errors? Have you searched the archives for answers?
>
> Thanks, Aldo. My logs after I run '/sbin/service nfs start" are:
>
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>
> Sep  6 20:46:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:46:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
> Sep  6 20:47:20 localhost nfsd[7023]: nfssvc: writing fds to kernel
> failed: errno 5 (Input/output error)
> Sep  6 20:47:20 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:47:20 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost nfsd[7023]: nfssvc: writing fds to kernel
> failed: errno 5 (Input/output error)
> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
> as the NFSv4 state recovery directory
> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
> Sep  6 20:48:20 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:48:20 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
> Sep  6 20:48:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:48:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
> Sep  6 20:49:16 localhost acpid: client connected from 2400[0:0]
> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: nfsd: last server has exited
> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
> Sep  6 20:49:50 localhost nfsd[7023]: nfssvc: Input/output error
> Sep  6 20:49:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
> responding, timed out
> Sep  6 20:49:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
> server (errno 5).
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Paul
>


Is the rpcbind service running in  your system? if not start it.
You must be running Fedora 9, right?


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