InfoMessage
1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Cvmfs_config probe fails on archlinux
Message 41934
Posted 17 Mar 2020 by J_Rantanen 		I'm a bit unsure if I managed to install squashfs, but I did at least manage to install singularity version 7ad654b, which led to me having a successful run on ATLAS, so do I still need to install something else?

https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/result.php?resultid=268234127
2) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Cvmfs_config probe fails on archlinux
Message 41929
Posted 16 Mar 2020 by J_Rantanen
Did you install both packages?
cvmfs
cvmfs-config-default

After installation, did you run (only once) "cvmfs_config setup"?


If this is done you should have a link "/etc/auto.cvmfs" pointing to "/usr/libexec/cvmfs/auto.cvmfs" and having executable flags set.

/etc/auto.master requires an uncommented line:
/cvmfs /etc/auto.cvmfs



Then follow this post to enable the required repositories and switch the CVMFS_SERVERS to openhtc.io:
https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=5342&postid=41861


If all is done, reboot your computer and check if "cvmfs_config probe" returns "OKs".


I had ran "cvmfs_config setup", but seems like that failed to create the proper symlink to "/etc/auto.cvmfs". I managed to manually create a symlink to "/usr/lib/cvmfs/auto.cvmfs" to the correct location. rebooted and seems to return all OKs now.

So, seems like this issue got resolved, thank you.
3) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Cvmfs_config probe fails on archlinux
Message 41926
Posted 16 Mar 2020 by J_Rantanen 
[user@archlinux ~]$ neofetch
                   -`                    user@archlinux 
                  .o+`                   -------------------- 
                 `ooo/                   OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
                `+oooo:                  Kernel: 5.5.9-arch1-2 
               `+oooooo:                 Uptime: 59 mins 
               -+oooooo+:                Packages: 948 (pacman) 
             `/:-:++oooo+:               Shell: bash 5.0.16 
            `/++++/+++++++:              Resolution: 3440x1440 
           `/++++++++++++++:             DE: Plasma 
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           WM: KWin 
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`          WM Theme: Glassy 
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`         Theme: Breeze Dark [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3] 
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.        Icons: breeze-dark [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3] 
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.       Terminal: konsole 
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-       CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (16) @ 4.000GHz 
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-     GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 
  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:    GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX Vega 56/64 
 `++:.                           `-/+/   Memory: 7562MiB / 32079MiB 
 .`                                 `/
                                                                 
                                                                 
[user@archlinux etc]$ cvmfs_config probe
Probing /cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch... Failed!
Probing /cvmfs/atlas-condb.cern.ch... Failed!
Probing /cvmfs/grid.cern.ch... Failed!
Probing /cvmfs/cernvm-prod.cern.ch... Failed!
Probing /cvmfs/sft.cern.ch... Failed!
Probing /cvmfs/alice.cern.ch... Failed!
[user@archlinux etc]$ sudo cvmfs_config chksetup
Error: /etc/auto.cvmfs is not executable


I believe I have a broken cvmfs installation, but am a bit unsure how to actually fix this to run theory and atlas applications on my computer.


©2026 CERN