hi Derek, i've run into that error when the beacon cannot find its output directory, which by default is /home/beacon/outputfiles/. if that directory doesn't exist, the beacon will fail with that cryptic error message.
--fred On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:02AM, Vine, Derek A said: > Jason and others, > > I recently installed FC7 on a server and went through the install > instructions found on accessgrid.org. When I try to run beacon from the > Terminal as root, I get the following message: > > Getting configuration information from file "/etc/beacon.conf". > BEACONPIDFILE open failed at /usr/bin/beacon line 2432. > > Any advice is appreciated. > > Derek Vine > Communication Network Specialist > The University of South Dakota > 414 East Clark Street > Vermillion, SD 57069 > (605) 677-8215 > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Bell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:19 PM > To: Vine, Derek A > Cc: AG Tech > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] run live Beacon CD > > Derek > > http://www.accessgrid.org/node/799 shows how to install the beacon in Fedora > 7. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, > Jason. > > ________________________________________ > From: Vine, Derek A [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2007 7:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AG-TECH] run live Beacon CD > > I was wondering if anyone has Beacon on a run live CD? Also, will Beacon run > on FC7? > > Thanks, > > Derek Vine > Communication Network Specialist > The University of South Dakota > 414 East Clark Street > Vermillion, SD 57069 > (605) 677-8215 > [email protected] >
