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Re: [fam] imon with current linux kernels

To: Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [fam] imon with current linux kernels
From: Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 15:01:53 +1100
Cc: fam@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Adacel Technologies
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Hi Hans-Peter.

Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:

just tried to patch a current kernel (2.4.18-pre1:ia32), but doesn't looked very promising. May someone dived into this before?


There have been some patches contributed for more recent 2.4 kernel sources. They're currently attached to some bugs on http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla, but I'll find some place for them under the downloads area. You should try the one with the latest kernel version.

It should be pointed out that more Linux users and vendors are moving towards using DNotify rather than IMon, as it's available in the standard kernel sources. Alex Larsson has made a patch to add DNotify support. You can get it from the Red Hat FAM SRPMs, or wait until FAM 2.7.0, as I plan to integrate it.

I'm running home rolled KDE 2.2.2 diskless on linux nfs-v3 servers, based on SuSE 7.3. They distribute fam-2.6.4 with imon disabled.


If FAM comes with IMon disabled, are they using another kernel file monitor or are they polling?

I noticed, there are issues with fam and successive logins via kdm (killing fam). I will try 2.6.7 now, and would like to know, if it is worth the hassle of going through this: (and other known issues of fam/imon in my nfs world)


There was a problem in FAM where it was trying to chown from one unprivileged user to another, and this was causing problems with multiple users using FAM. This might be related to the problem you're seeing, and was fixed in FAM 2.6.6. Perhaps try 2.6.7 or post the error messages you're seeing.

Thanks for your message.  Let us know how you go.
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