Description of problem: collectd.spec generates /etc/collectd.d/rrdtool.conf , but does not include sufficient information to make it usable directly. The missing stanza should look like: <Plugin "rrdtool"> DataDir "/var/lib/collectd/rrd" CacheFlush 120 WritesPerSecond 50 </Plugin> However, collectd-web provides /etc/collection.conf, which specifies DataDir as "/var/lib/collectd". Furthermore, the default collected /etc/collectd.conf file provided has a commented-out stanza for rrdtool, as such: #<Plugin rrdtool> # DataDir "/usr/var/lib/collectd/rrd" # CacheTimeout 120 # CacheFlush 900 #</Plugin> which suggests that /var/lib/collectd/rrd would be appropriate. (note also, each of those suggest /usr/var/lib/... instead of simply /var/lib, that should be fixed somehow as well...) I suggest adding to collectd.spec to write out the stanza above into rrdtool.conf, and fix /etc/collection.conf to use /var/lib/collectd/rrd as the default value for DataDir. In this way, installing collectd-rrdtool and collected-web, everything will "just work" out of the box. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): collectd-4.9.5-2.fc14, but appears similar in 4.10.3-4.
collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16
Package collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16624/collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.