Re: Starting NFS common utilities failed!

["Dr. Ed Morbius" <dredmorbius@gmail.com>]

on 20:50 Thu 03 Feb, T o n g (mlist4suntong@yahoo.com) wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> How do I fix this problem?
> 
> % invoke-rc.d nfs-common start
> Starting NFS common utilities: statd failed!
> invoke-rc.d: initscript nfs-common, action "start" failed.
> 
> Apparently, it's a common error but nobody knows the answer:
> 
> http://help.lockergnome.com/linux/Bug-562737-installation-failed-Starting-
> NFS-common-utilities--ftopict512091.html
> http://www.linux4one.com/forum/index.php?topic=1888.0
> http://man-linux.comli.com/?p=154
> 
> All are just symptom report with no solution. 
> 
> debian testing, 
> 
>  $ apt-cache policy nfs-common
>  nfs-common:
>   Installed: 1:1.2.2-4
>   Candidate: 1:1.2.2-4
>   Version table:
>  *** 1:1.2.2-4 0
>         360 http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
>          50 http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

A good first debugging step is to run the script via 'bash -x':

    sudo bash -x /etc/init.d/nfs-common start

... which will show steps being executed, as well as the error(s).

You might also try 'bash -ex <script>' to force an exit on the first
error (though the init script may override this).

-- 
Dr. Ed Morbius
Chief Scientist
Krell Power Systems Unlimited