Brian Debelius schrieb:
> There are 2 different mt programs. One is from cpio (i think), and the
> other is from the mt-st package.  I think you are having problems
> detecting which mt you have.
> 
> At the beginning of mtx-changer is a case function that sets the ready
> string for wait_for_drive.  The newer mtx-changer script correctly
> handles this.
> 
> I think you need to modify your mtx-changer to look like this (or use
> the current mtx-changer)
> 
> Linux)
>  ready="ONLINE"
>  if test -f /etc/debian_version ; then
>    mt --version | grep "mt-st" > /dev/null 2>&1
>    if test $? -eq 1; then
>      ready="drive status"
>    fi
>  fi
> 
booth versions are from the cpio package:

 zlato:~# mt --version
 mt (GNU cpio 2.9)
 zlato:~# /etc/bacula/mt --version
 mt (GNU cpio 2.6)

so "grep mt-st" will not match
and the current default mtx-changer will not work
with the actual version of gnu mt.


> Thomas wrote:
>> without tape i get this output
>>
>> lenny:
>> time mt -f /dev/nst1 status
>> mt: /dev/nst1: rmtopen failed: Kein Medium gefunden
>>
>> real    2m0.530s
>> user    0m0.000s
>> sys     0m0.000s
>>
>> etch
>> time /etc/bacula/mt -f /dev/nst1 status
>> /etc/bacula/mt: /dev/nst1: Kein Medium gefunden
>>
>> real    0m0.016s
>> user    0m0.000s
>> sys     0m0.000s
>>
>>
>> the new mt version needs 2 minutes ....
>>
>> Arno Lehmann schrieb:
>>  
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> 17.02.2009 09:48, Thomas wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi List,
>>>>
>>>> yesterday i did an upgrade from etch to lenny.
>>>> after the update bacula was no longer able to verify
>>>> that the tapes are loaded correctly.
>>>>       
>>> ...
>>>    
>>>> but the mt output shows no ONLINE
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> zlato:~# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>>>> drive type = 114
>>>> drive status = 1224736768
>>>> sense key error = 0
>>>> residue count = 0
>>>> file number = 0
>>>> block number = 0
>>>> zlato:~#
>>>>
>>>> this is the output from the etch mt:
>>>>
>>>> /etc/bacula/mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>>>> drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
>>>> drive status = 1224736768
>>>> sense key error = 0
>>>> residue count = 0
>>>> file number = 4
>>>> block number = 0
>>>> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x49 (unknown).
>>>> Soft error count since last status=0
>>>> General status bits on (81010000):
>>>>  EOF ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> zlato:~# mt --version
>>>> mt (GNU cpio 2.9)
>>>> zlato:~# /etc/bacula/mt --version
>>>> mt (GNU cpio 2.6)
>>>> zlato:~#
>>>>
>>>> zlato:~# strings /bin/mt | grep -i online
>>>> zlato:~# strings /etc/bacula/mt | grep -i online
>>>>  ONLINE
>>>> zlato:~#
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> currently i use the etch mt, but what was the correct way to use the
>>>> lenny mt?
>>>> (compiling mt from source does not help, the output is identically
>>>> to the lenny mt,
>>>> so it looks not like a debian problem)
>>>>       
>>> This seems to be a problem because the current mt produces different
>>> output... it would be best if you ran mt without a tape loaded and
>>> compared the output, so we can see what actually indicates a tape
>>> loaded and ready.
>>>
>>> Arno
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Thomas
>>>>       
>>
>>   
> 

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