proc must be mounted

Submitted by webinger on Sat, 05/08/2010 - 05:17

i got this error on my fresh Linux-VServer Lenny install

Error: /proc must be mounted To mount /proc at boot you need an /etc/fstab line like: /proc /proc proc defaults In the meantime, run "mount /proc /proc -t proc"

root mailbox looks like this: . . . Cron Daemon 2010/05/08 11:47 0.78 kB Cron <root@alpha> /etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl Cron Daemon 2010/05/08 11:42 0.78 kB Cron <root@alpha> /etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl Cron Daemon 2010/05/08 11:37 0.78 kB Cron <root@alpha> /etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl Cron Daemon 2010/05/08 11:32 0.78 kB Cron <root@alpha> /etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl Cron Daemon 2010/05/08 11:27 0.78 kB Cron <root@alpha> /etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl . . . any ideas on that?

-Martin

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 05/08/2010 - 16:32

So if you SSH in as root and run /etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl , what exactly does it output?

Also, is the /proc filesystem really not mounted? That seems odd, as it is needed by lots of commands, even within a VPS.

Submitted by webinger on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 04:46

Remote: 11:26:23 [root@alpha /etc/default]:/etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl Error: /proc must be mounted To mount /proc at boot you need an /etc/fstab line like: /proc /proc proc defaults In the meantime, run "mount /proc /proc -t proc"

contents of /proc looks like

Remote: 11:37:45 [root@alpha /proc]:ls 1 11170 13203 15049 1542 1558 16787 22328 29969 32531 32637 593 597 crypto interrupts kmsg misc self sys version 10766 11204 13205 15175 1543 1583 16870 27209 30726 32560 3541 594 9830 devices iomem loadavg modules slabinfo sysvipc 10768 11305 13227 1540 1544 1612 18561 27655 32409 32595 3599 595 9835 execdomains ioports locks mounts stat tty 11072 12487 1454 1541 1556 1615 22322 29531 32524 32636 508 596 cpuinfo filesystems kcore meminfo net swaps uptime

the mounted dirs look like: Mounted as Type Location Used In use? Saved?
/ (Root filesystem) UFS IDE device V partition 1 18% Yes No /proc Kernel Filesystem (proc) proc Yes No /dev/pts PTS Filesystem (devpts) none Yes No Virtual Memory Virtual Memory (swap) SCSI device A partition 2 Yes No

Lenny is running on linux-vserver.org

I created you a temp login if you want to look for yourself

-Martin

Submitted by webinger on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 15:02

i opened a remote login. there has been sent a mail to remote@virtualmin.com ..

"Remote Login Privileges" module. Don't you have access to that?

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 15:29

Ok, I see the issue .. on this VM, the vmstat command fails for some reason, and the error message is then output by collectinfo.pl . Actually it running mostly fine, just logging that error.

I have fixed this on your system, and will include the fix in the next Virtualmin release (3.79)

Submitted by webinger on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 16:11

sounds great, thank you for the fix

Submitted by Issues on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 02:20

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.