[hobbit] trends columns all turned purple

[David Gore]

David Gore (v965-3670)
Enhanced Technology Support (ETS)
Network Management Systems (NMS)
IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA
Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090
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David Gore (v965-3670)
Enhanced Technology Support (ETS)
Network Management Systems (NMS)
IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA
Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090
Vnet: 965-3676


David Gore wrote:
> 
> David Gore wrote:
> 
>> Yes one core file:
>>
>> hobbit at hobbit ~/server> find . -name core
>> ./tmp/core
>> hobbit at hobbit ~/server> file tmp/core
>> tmp/core:       ELF 32-bit MSB core file SPARC Version 1, from 'hobbitd'
>> hobbit at hobbit ~/server> ls -al tmp/core
>> -rw-------    1 hobbit   other     8322084 Apr  1 03:27 tmp/core
>>
>> I checked to make sure the lines were correct in maint.pl.  I am 
>> reinstalling 4.0.1, again and will let you know how it goes.
>>
>> ~David
>>
>> Henrik Storner wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I think there are two completely un-related issues here.
>>>
>>>
>>> In <424D7FE3.1040600 at mci.com> David Gore <David.Gore at mci.com> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I re-installed RC6 to get rid of the purple trends.  
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The "trends" don't go purple by themselves, they go purple because the
>>> bb-larrdcolumn tool doesn't update them.
>>>
>>> I'd like you to check for unusual messages in the
>>> /var/log/hobbit/bb-display.log file, and also for any core-files left
>>> behind from bb-larrdcolumn. They should be in the ~/server/tmp/
>>> directory, but please check in the ~/data/rrd/ directory also.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> The maint.pl lists and 'ALL' may still be a problem, it does occur in
>>>> both Firefox and IE.  It can be alleviated by changing views.
>>>> Typically we monitor bb2.html, but if we switch to the Main view and
>>>> try enable/disable, it typically works, this only occurred since RC6,
>>>> I think.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The missing hosts on the maint.pl display sounds like you're still
>>> running the version of maint.pl that uses cookies to try and display
>>> only the hosts from the page you were on. This was removed in the 4.0
>>> release precisely because it was causing problems. Could you check
>>> your maint.pl script and see if lines 432-433 look like this:
>>>
>>>     432   # open (HOBBITDLIST, "bb ".$BBENV{'BBDISP'}." 
>>> \"hobbitdboard ".$filter."\" |");
>>>     433   open (HOBBITDLIST, "bb ".$BBENV{'BBDISP'}." hobbitdboard |");
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Henrik
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
> New core and the purples are back:
> 
> find -namehobbit at hobbit ~/server> find -name core -ls
> 141454 8024 -rw-------   1 hobbit   other     8207396 Apr  1 22:08 
> ./tmp/core
> hobbit at hobbit ~/server> file ./tmp/core
> ./tmp/core:     ELF 32-bit MSB core file SPARC Version 1, from 'hobbitd'
> 

One message in bb-display.log:

2005-04-01 22:07:55 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout

We do have close to a 1000 entries in bb-hosts, if it matters.