Yes, I had this issue too. The problem is in python.. It's a known issue. I fixed it by upgrading to centos6...
Op 11 jan. 2012 18:23 schreef "jehan procaccia" <jehan.procaccia@it-sudparis.eu> het volgende:
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> OK, I upgraded from 2.2.1 to 2.3.1 however now cobblerd doesn't start anymore :-(
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> [root@cobbler ~]# /etc/init.d/cobblerd start
> Starting cobbler daemon: No module named ctypes
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/cobblerd", line 76, in main
>     api = cobbler_api.BootAPI(is_cobblerd=True)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 127, in __init__
>     module_loader.load_modules()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/module_loader.py", line 62, in load_modules
>     blip =  __import__("modules.%s" % ( modname), globals(), locals(), [modname])
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/modules/authn_pam.py", line 53, in ?
>     from ctypes import CDLL, POINTER, Structure, CFUNCTYPE, cast, pointer, sizeof
> ImportError: No module named ctypes
>
> Any idea of what could be wrong ?
> you told me to check potential .rpmnew files, there are 2 in /etc/cobbler:
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> [root@cobbler cobbler]# ls -ltra /etc/cobbler/*.rpmnew
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17205 Jan 11 16:10 /etc/cobbler/settings.rpmnew
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3266 Jan 11 16:10 /etc/cobbler/modules.conf.rpmnew
>
> could this be related ?
>
> thanks.
>
> Le 11/01/2012 16:44, Michael DeHaan a écrit :
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>> File system info --
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>> https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/File%20System%20Information
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>> You should be fine.    Backing up /var/lib/cobbler is smart though, and pay attention to any .rpmnew files created.
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>> --Michael
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>> On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:41 AM, jehan procaccia wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, I got the latest source and made the rpms
>>> # ls
>>> cobbler-2.3.1-1.noarch.rpm      koan-2.3.1-1.noarch.rpm
>>> cobbler-web-2.3.1-1.noarch.rpm
>>>
>>> My cobbler installation is running on a centos5.7 system
>>> # rpm -qa | grep -i cobbler
>>> cobbler-web-2.2.1-1.el5
>>> cobbler-2.2.1-1.el5
>>>
>>> can I blindly upgrade those packages with the 2.3.1, or should I do something before ?
>>> where is the cobbler "database", config files , settings that I should care about before upgrade ?
>>> is there an upgrade page recommendation ? I found that related:
>>> https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Relocating%20Your%20Install
>>> but I'am afraid of bracking our installation by upgrading with a simple yum localinstall cobbler*2.3.1*, should I ?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 10/01/2012 16:22, Jörgen Maas a écrit :
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>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, jehan procaccia <jehan.procaccia@it-sudparis.eu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In the tread it is mentioned that it should be corrected in 2.3.1
>>>>> where can I get 2.3.1 !? and a SRPMS so that I can recompile to the latest release ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> 2.3.1 is the current development version, you can get it by pulling the source with git and run 'make rpms'
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> --
>>>> Grtz,
>>>> Jörgen Maas
>>>>
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