[hobbit] trends columns all turned purple

David Gore David.Gore at mci.com
Sat Apr 2 19:35:12 CEST 2005


David Gore wrote:

>
> David Gore wrote:
>
>> Here is the first core trace after the re-install and start 4.0.1:
>>
>> hobbit at hobbit ~/server> gdb bin/hobbitd tmp/core
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>> This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.9"...
>> Core was generated by `hobbitd 
>> --restart=/export/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk 
>> --checkpoint-file='.
>> Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2
>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdl.so.1...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmp.so.2...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
>> Reading symbols from 
>> /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/libc_psr.so.1...done.
>> Loaded symbols for /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/libc_psr.so.1
>> #0  0xff19d3d4 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  0xff19d3d4 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
>> #1  0xff135698 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
>> #2  0x0001db68 in sigsegv_handler (signum=10) at sig.c:57
>> #3  <signal handler called>
>>
>>
>> Henrik Stoerner wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 09:51:45PM +0000, 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.
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, so it does dump core.
>>>
>>> To get some more info about this, you need the core file *and* the
>>> hobbitd binary that generated it. Then run
>>>
>>>   $ gdb bin/hobbitd tmp/core
>>>   [messages from gdb]
>>>   gdb> bt
>>>
>>> to load the core file and the hobbitd binary into gdb (the GNU
>>> debugger), and the the "bt" command will provide a call trace of what
>>> happened when the program crashed, that is the first piece of
>>> information that is needed to find the bug.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Henrik
>>>
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>>>  
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>
>
> Based on the core trace, I decided to remove all files from 
> ~/server/tmp/.  I do not think we had removed any files from running 
> RC1,2,4-6 from '~/server/tmp/' so perhaps it was choking on something 
> (hobbitd.chk)?  It has been running clean for more than an hour.  It 
> typically dumps core before an hour has passed and the purple trends 
> occur before an hour of running too.  I did have to re-disable my 
> disabled hosts of course.  So far it looks good!  Thanks for your help 
> Henrik.
>
> ~David
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Well, it's back after a restart.   I will upload the cores, please 
delete them when you are finished.  I probably will try removing the 
check file, and restarting, but that is not a real solution, if it works.

~David



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