Mark Hobley <markhobley@hotpop.donottypethisbit.com> wrote:
> In alt.os.linux.gentoo Mark Hobley
> <markhobley@hotpop.donottypethisbit.com> wrote:
>
>> The lsmod tool reveals that the sunrpc module has loaded
>> successfully, but lockd has not loaded.
>
> Do I need to configure some parameters somehow to load the lockd
> module?

Not to my knowledge.

> Or do I need a statd module? I don't appear to have such a module.

statd is implemented as an rpc service, and is part of net-fs/nfs-utils
(which truly should be required if using NFS), and starts as part of the nfs
start-up script.

> Is there some way that I can get more verbose output relating to this
> error, or is there some sort of tool that can example the module file
> for errors, or possibly even load some sort or dummy module into the
> kernel that can explain why the module is failing?

I assume you have CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE=y in .config?
Other than that, "rmmod lockd; modprobe -v lockd" might give /slightly/ more
info.

Regards,
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*Art