BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] FileListReceive failed on Irix machine

2010-01-21 07:12:53
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] FileListReceive failed on Irix machine
From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se>
To: <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:14:06 +0100
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se]
>Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:10 PM
>To: 'backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net'
>Subject: FileListReceive failed on Irix machine
>
>Hi all,
>
>Of course after having mailed to this list about how good BackupPC is and how
>it worked flawlessly, I ran into a problem with one of our ancient
>SGI-machines. The error I get is seen below.
>
>full backup started for directory /etc
>Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root xxx.yyy.zzz.nnn
>/usr/sbin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D 
>--links
> --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --ignore-times . /etc/
>Xfer PIDs are now 16088
>Got remote protocol 1920169263
>Fatal error (bad version): /usr/sbin/rsync
>Read EOF:
>Tried again: got 0 bytes
>fileListReceive() failed
>Done: 0 files, 0 bytes
>Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed)
>Backup aborted (fileListReceive failed)
>
>First problem was that it couldn't find the rsync executable, but I managed 
>to
>track it down and change the path in this particular machine's setup page in
>BackupPC.
>
>After that, I got the above error message. Here however, I'm not entirely 
>sure
>what's causing the failed fileListReceive command. I have a hunch it might be
>a case of BackupPC looking in the wrong place for something, just as with the
>former rsync executabel, but what?
>
>Unfortunately I'm not that into Irix at all, but know enough to know that it
>isn't quite like "normal linux".
>
>Would anybody who has any insights in Irix please give me a hint or two as 
>how
>to fix this?

What's worse, there is no dmesg, as I know of in Irix, as suggested on 
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#fileListReceive_failed...
-- 
/Sorin

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