big problems with distcc

AntonWert · Apprentice Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 177

I have a very big problem with distcc, but im shure there is a simpe answer

i have an "old" pentium and a "new" p4
now i want to use distcc to compile on the p4

on both mashines the same gcc 3.3 is installed

everything works fine, but all ebuilds chrash on the same point, when distcc wants to compile on the p4
on the "old" mashine this is in the log:

with the "verbose" mode i get a file-not-found error on the p4 (not found: i586-pc-linux-gnu, but there is a i686-pc-linux-gnu)

where is my bug???

TheX · Guru Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 349 Location: .de

this looks to me, as if you have not set the distccd correctly.

make sure that /etc/conf.d/distccd is set correctly .

for example you should have set

AntonWert · Apprentice Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 177

TheX · Guru Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 349 Location: .de

http://linuxreviews.org/man/distcc/
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ruben · Guru Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 462

Using only the other host (the p4) for compiling is just fine. The problem is what you saw with the verbose mode. The architecture of a P4 is a i686-pc-linux-gnu, while the old pentium is a i586-pc-linux-gnu, so i guess that it can't find the compiler.... although i don't remember having the same problem when doing just the same thing like you're doing now.
I guess you should check whether you have that executable on the old pentium and see if you have it on the P4. If you don't have it on the P4, then you can probably copy the necessary directories from the old pentium to some place in the P4, and then adjust /etc/init.d/distccd on the P4 so that it can find those executables in its path.

Hope this helps...

rhumbliner · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 59 Location: Las Vegas

I seem to be having a similar distcc problem. The odd thing is my distcc configuration used to work just fine. I have an old, slow i386 laptop that I built Gentoo on using distcc to speed the process up. The distcc server is an i686 but this never was a problem in the past. I just tried to run 'emerge -uD world' on my laptop and get the following error:

Could not run/locate "i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc"
distcc[8336] ERROR: compile main.c on 192.168.0.11 failed

Any idea what's changed?

Thanks,
Tom

jnicol · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 73 Location: Seattle, WA

Same here, this has recently stopped working.

Trying to compile for a P1-MMX, using P2 and P3 hosts. This used to work, but now dies with error 110 (compiler not found). Neither the p2 nor p3 has these files that the P1 does:

3nd3r · n00b Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 38 Location: /dev/null

nobody figure this out yet?

ali3nx · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

you might check that all the distccd versions match. the current x86 and ~x86 distcc versions are incompatible and produce some wierd errors. I had to either pmask the newer version or keyword the older one so all hosts match. may be a related issue.
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3nd3r · n00b Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 38 Location: /dev/null

I know on mine they do.

however it bitches about not being able to find i386 bla bla
however his quick fix works

bigfunkymo · Apprentice Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 237

sounds like your faster computer doesn't have i386 gcc installed but rather i686 gcc... I don't really know how to get it working but I'm having similar issues myself and I think that is the cause.
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step · Apprentice Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 198

same problem here.
distcc used to work just fine.

i have 2 PC's
PC A is a fast P4 and then this PC B that is old and slow laptop.
A is 192.168.0.3 and B is 192.168.0.5

no i am trying to compile sys-devel/libtool (or any other pkg)
and it is not possible if i uncomment the FEATURES="distcc" on B

(B)
tail /var/log/distcc

exec on 192.168.0.3/10: i486-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -c -O3 -mcpu=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe conftest.c -o conftest.o
distcc[16177] (dcc_collect_child) cpp times: user 0.025996s, system 0.013997s, 926 minflt, 0 majflt
distcc[16177] cpp conftest.c on localhost completed ok
distcc[16177] 123 bytes from conftest.c compiled on 192.168.0.3 in 0.0533s, rate 2kB/s
distcc[16177] ERROR: compile conftest.c on 192.168.0.3/10 failed with exit code 110
distcc[16177] elapsed compilation time 0.064732s
distcc[16177] (dcc_exit) exit: code 110; self: 0.007998 user 0.009998 sys; children: 0.025996 user 0.013997 sys

looks like the problem is i486-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
PC A is missing this file it has i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc

edit:
BTW, some say that the problem is in binutils? : https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-324479.html

dark blue · n00b Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 8

This worked for me:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-279920.html

Bob P · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:

i have a "Farm" comprised of a variety of x86 platfrom boxes on a LAN. the boxes include all varieties of x86 supported by gentoo, and if you follow the directions, distcc works properly in such an environment. maybe you missed a subtlety that's present in the docs:

bigfunkymo · Apprentice Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 237

The biggest problem I'm having with distcc is it always fails while doing the kernel but I've pretty much given up on that for now. I've tried to migrate my systems to the hardened profile and I have one system that is running hardened-i386 since installation but I have changed CHOST to reflect an i686 system and then used