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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=817143720-19042010>Larry, </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=817143720-19042010>You might have an issue with a corrupted hobbitd.chk
file. This is based on the error message "Bad file
descriptor". This file is used by hobbitd to store events it needs to
process for the enable/disable process. You can find the file at
<install directory>/server/tmp. You might take a look at that
file and see if it can not be accessed by other utilities. This
would provide more of an indication that the trouble is tied to that
file.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=817143720-19042010>If you shutdown the hobbit server process, you can
remove this file and when you start it again, hobbitd will create a new
file. Be aware that this would cause you to lose any pre-scheduled
enable/disable actions. If you need new ones, you would have to re-enter
them. I could be all wet, but based on the information you provided, that
is where I would start.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=817143720-19042010> ......Bruce</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Larry Barber [mailto:lebarber@gmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 19, 2010 10:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
hobbit<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] blank displays<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I'm seeing some odd behavior on hobbit, (4.2.0). About once a week
all the displays go blank, they don't show any of the hosts. At the same time
hobbitdboard becomes empty, or nearly so. The hobbitd log
shows:<BR><BR>2010-04-18 18:00:00 Ran scheduled task 8 from x.x.x.x: disable
lnx1.* 240 <BR>Disabled by: auser @ y.y.y.y<BR>Reason: yada yada
yada<BR><BR>2010-04-18 18:00:00 Fatal error in select: Bad file
descriptor<BR>2010-04-18 18:00:03 Setup complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:00:13 Setup
complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:01:14 Setup complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:11:17 Setup
complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:12:16 Setup complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:13:17 Setup
complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:23:20 Setup complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:24:22 Setup
complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:25:24 Setup complete<BR>2010-04-18 18:32:39 Setup
complete<BR><BR>Where the multiple "Setup completes" are the result of hobbitd
crashing and automatically restarting. Stopping hobbit completely and then
restarting appears to cure the problem. It does appear to be related to using
the scheduled disable function of Hobbit. <BR><BR>Any ideas about what could be
going on? <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Larry Barber<BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>