I found something and I think this is pretty serious. I found that /etc/sysconfig/ipmi on the systems that the service wouldn't start on looked nothing like that file on systems it would start on! In particular, changing the lines:
IPMI_SI=yes DEV_IPMI=yes to IPMI_SI=1 DEV_IPMI=1 now allows ipmi to start, but the device /dev/ipmi0 isn't getting created. Close digging shows that the ipmitool-1-8.8 rpm was installed and I didn't realize it and so just installed 1-8.9 on top of it. Is that where my problems are coming from? -mark Mark Seger wrote: > I've installed ipmitool on about 1/2 dozen machines, each a different > type, all running redhat distros. On one of them, an amd box running > rhel4.2, it starts just fine but on all the other systems, some AMD some > not it won't start and the only indication is the command 'service ipmi > start' returns 'Failed'. If it look at the end of /var/log/messages all > it says is: > > Jul 7 09:35:07 sandbox227 kernel: ipmi message handler version 39.1 > Jul 7 09:35:07 sandbox227 kernel: IPMI System Interface driver. > Jul 7 09:35:07 sandbox227 kernel: ipmi_si: Unable to find any System > Interface(s) > > When I run the configure command to initially build I see at the very end: > > ipmitool 1.8.9 > > Interfaces > lan : yes > lanplus : yes > open : yes > free : no > imb : yes > bmc : no > lipmi : no > > Extra tools > ipmievd : yes > > on both the systems it runs on as well as one it doesn't. any > suggestion how to track the problem down? > > -mark > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Ipmitool-devel mailing list > Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
