Hallo I tried debug glusterfs-nfs. On [15] written: bash# make CFLAGS="-g -O0" && make install address@hidden sbin]# gdb glusterfs (gdb) run --no-daemon -f My attempt: - compile glusterfs like [16] with: # gfsver="3.3.2qa4" # withdebug=1 # ps axu | grep glust root 4402 3.9 1.2 332256 44260 ? Ssl 20:14 1:05 /usr/local/sbin/glusterfsd -s localhost --volfile-id gv4.elke2.mnt-sda6-brick4 -p /var/lib/glusterd/vols/gv4/run/elke2-mnt-sda6-brick4.pid -S /var/run/c8d4954e69dc941098f47378216e8c17.socket --brick-name /mnt/sda6/brick4 -l /usr/local/var/log/glusterfs/bricks/mnt-sda6-brick4.log --xlator-option *-posix.glusterd-uuid=c4e6a1c5-5f43-49ff-902b-2670c19ddf4a --brick-port 24011 --xlator-option gv4-server.listen-port=24011 root 4985 0.0 0.0 97592 364 ? Ssl 20:14 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/glusterd -p /var/run/glusterd.pid root 5023 2.1 45.1 2913148 1589528 ? Ssl 20:14 0:35 /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs -s localhost --volfile-id gluster/nfs -p /var/lib/glusterd/nfs/run/nfs.pid -l /usr/local/var/log/glusterfs/nfs.log -S /var/run/a818bbe0663cda0710f46210434aac9a.socket root 5029 0.0 0.0 164636 280 ? Ssl 20:14 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs -s localhost --volfile-id gluster/glustershd -p /var/lib/glusterd/glustershd/run/glustershd.pid -l /usr/local/var/log/glusterfs/glustershd.log -S /var/run/0c2d6fe365ee87cbc79db2015abadd21.socket --xlator-option *replicate*.node-uuid=c4e6a1c5-5f43-49ff-902b-2670c19ddf4a root 7714 0.0 0.0 6308 596 pts/0 S+ 20:42 0:00 grep glust #### stop all active processes # /etc/init.d/glusterfs stop # gdb /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs (gdb) run --no-daemon -f Starting program: /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs --no-daemon -f warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file system-supplied DSO at 0x7ffff7ffa000 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs: option requires an argument -- 'f' Try `glusterfs --help' or `glusterfs --usage' for more information. [Inferior 1 (process 10714) exited with code 0100] (gdb) run --no-daemon Starting program: /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs --no-daemon warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file system-supplied DSO at 0x7ffff7ffa000 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [2013-07-08 20:04:57.094108] C [glusterfsd.c:1224:parse_cmdline] 0-glusterfs: ERROR: parsing the volfile failed (No such file or directory) USAGE: /usr/local/sbin/glusterfs [options] [mountpoint] [Inferior 1 (process 10750) exited with code 0377] How should the correct command look like? Regards Heiko [15] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gluster-devel/2008-09/msg00004.html how to debug glusterfs with gdb? [16] http://www2.fh-lausitz.de/launic/comp/net/glusterfs/130705.lnx.make_glusterfs_howto.html