[AG-TECH] run live Beacon CD

[Fred Dech]

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
> ceddn at usd.edu
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Bell [mailto:j.bell at cqu.edu.au] 
> 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:Derek.Vine at usd.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2007 7:29 AM
> To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> 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
> ceddn at usd.edu
>