Coda File System

Re: Problems with date


Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 20:11:32 +0200
Hi,

It worked fine, thanks.

Jan Harkes wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 06:39:03PM +0000, bernat_at_kaos.es wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've set up a Coda server for testing and by error I changed the
> > system date to a future date, and I rebooted. Now coda refuses
> > to start. It complains with
> >
> > Assertion failed: 0, file "srv.cc", line 1735
> > Sleeping forever.  You may use gdb to attach to process 266.
> >
> > What can I do to solve the problem?
> 
> - Kill the server if it is still hanging around.
> - Set the date to beyond the time you had earlier.
> - Use rvmutl to truncate all pending operations in the RVM log.
>   (substitute `logfile' for your RVM log file or partition)
> 
>     > rvmutl
>     * open_log <logfile>
>     * status
>     Status of log: /home/clement/linuxobj8/rvm-src/tests/logfile
>     log created on:        Tue Nov  4 1997 17:31:10.244793
>     log created with:      RVM Interface Version 1.3  7 Mar 1994
>     (more display omitted ...)
>     * recover
>     * quit
> 
> - Set the date back to normal.
> - Reinitialize the RVM log only!
>     > rvmutl
>     * i <logfile> 1M
>     * quit
> 
> - Restart the server.
> 
> Maybe the date change isn't even necessary, but the truncation and
> reinitialization definitely is.
> 
> Jan
Received on 2000-05-29 14:11:04
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