On 5/27/06, Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakheshster@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/27/06, Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de> wrote:
> >
> > jmmv84@gmail.com said:
> > > As long as fam is properly configured (rpcbind is running and inetd is
> > > told to manage fam), you should not experience the lock ups.
> >
> > This makes sense, as the signal mask leaks were in the
> > error paths of the RPC code.
> > However, it seems that I never managed to set up fam
> > correctly:-(
>
> Actually, now that Julio mentions this, I think my fam configuration
> might have a problem. I am not sure though if that's what's causing
> the screensaver hangups.
>
> To configure fam, I followed the instructions given by "pkg_info -D
> fam" (also viewable at http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/fam). Which say that
> I must add the line "sgi_fam 391002 fam # File Alteration Monitor" to
> "/etc/rpc" and then enable the "famd" demon (I did it thru rc.conf).
> Whenever my system starts up I get an error message which says "famd
> can't register with portmapper". I haven't had time to investigate
> this error message so far ... but is it an indication that my fam is
> configured incorrectly?

You also need rpcbind=YES in /etc/rc.conf.  I've modified fam's
MESSAGE to mention this.

Cheers,

-- 
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
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