Java Admon GUI problem

[Leander Koornneef]

Hi,

Please forgive me if this is a silly question, but I'm having a bit of a problem using the FhGFS Java Admon GUI.

As you can see in the screenshots that I've attached to this message, I have no way of getting to the bottom part of the windows. I.e. in the "Define roles" window I can't reach the save button and in the "Create basic configuration" window I can't reach the lower form fields. There are no scrollbars and using the tab button does not help either.

Does anyone know a solution or is this a proper bug?

Thanks,
Leander

[Frank Kautz]

Hi,

the resolution of your display is to small. In the next major release
this issue is fixed. In this version the windows have scrollbars.

I have two workarounds for you:
(1)
Push the maximize button of the configuration window.
On the tab "Create basic configuration" the last configuration is "Use
RDMA". This configuration is important for infiniband. If the
configuration "Use RDMA" is not visible use workaround 2. If some
changes was made and you select a other tab you will asked to save the
changes. Save the changes in this dialogue.
On the tab "Define roles" the buttons below are not needed. Save the
changes by selecting a other tab you will also asked for saving the
changes. Select in the menu on the left side
"Managment->Installation->Install" to start the installation.

(2)
Close the Java Admon GUI.
Edit the configuration file manually. Use vim or a other text editor.
$ vim /opt/fhgfs/setup/confs/config
Change the line "connUseRDMA=false" into "connUseRDMA=true".
Restart the admon:
$ /etc/init.d/fhgfs-admon restart
Open the Java Admon GUI and start the installation. Select in the menu
on the left side "Managment->Installation->Install" to start the
installation.

Greeting,
Frank

[Leander Koornneef]

HI Frank,

thanks for the quick reply and workarounds. Glad to hear that this
will be fixed in the next release. In the meanwhile I have resorted to
doing the install manually :-)

Cheers,
Leander

[Frank Kautz]

Hi Leander,

we didn't wait until the next major release to fix the resolution
problem. In the update which we released a few minutes ago it is fixed.

Some of the highlights in this release are:
* Open-source client (license is GPL v2)

* Client support for Linux kernel 3.2 (compiles also with Linux 3.3-rc,
but has not been tested with 3.3-rc kernels)

* Several Admon GUI improvements (e.g. better support for low screen
resolutions)

* fhgfs-ctl tool has a new "mount=<path_to_fhgfs_mount>" parameter,
which can be used to query the config from a mountpoint instead of an
explicit config file (more convenient for clients with multiple fhgfs
mounts)

* fhgfs-fsck tool has a new read-only option and writes a new
human-readable error log

Greetings,
Frank