[hobbit] No bbdisplay

Mon Jul 16 13:54:31 CEST 2007

Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 06:47:08PM -0400, Steve wrote:
>   
>> I just installed hobbit monitor 4.2.0 on Solaris 8, hobbit starts fine, 
>> but bb.html  remains blank, I tired bb2.html and bbnk.html and there is 
>> data there.  Also tried cgi script find a host, but probably has nothing 
>> to do with the main display page, bb.html
>>     
>
> This file is created in ~hobbit/data/www/bb.html. Could you see if that 
> file is being created, if it is being updated, and whether it contains
> any data ? While you're at it, check permissions on the file - it should
> be writable by the hobbit userid.
>
>   
Owner is hobbit, file is being created and updated.

-rw-r--r--   1 hobbit   staff       2221 Jul 16 07:40 
/usr/local/hobbit/server/www/bb.html

Here is trhe data.

hobbit at balboa [/usr/local/hobbit/server/bin]
$ cat 
/usr/local/hobbit/server/www/bb.html                                                      

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="Sat, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="pagepath=; path=/">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="host=; path=/">
<TITLE>green : Hobbit - Status @ Mon Jul 16 07:42:03 2007</TITLE>

<!-- Styles for the menu bar -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/hobbit/menu/menu.css">

<!-- The favicon image -->
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/hobbit/gifs/favicon-green.ico">

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="green" BACKGROUND="/hobbit/gifs/bkg-green.gif" 
TEXT="#D8D8BF" LINK="#00FFAA" VLINK="#FFFF44">

<TABLE SUMMARY="Topline" WIDTH="100%">
<TR><TD HEIGHT=16> </TD></TR>  <!-- For the menu bar -->
<TR>
  <TD VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="30%">
    <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="+1" 
COLOR="silver"><B>Hobbit</B></FONT>
  </TD>
  <TD VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="40%">
    <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="+1" 
COLOR="silver"><B>Current Status</B></FONT></CENTER>
  </TD>
  <TD VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH="30%">
   <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="+1" COLOR="silver"><B>Mon Jul 16 
07:42:03 2007</B></FONT>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD COLSPAN=3> <HR WIDTH="100%"> </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<A NAME=hosts-blk> </A>

<BR><BR>

<TABLE SUMMARY="Bottomline" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
  <TD> <HR WIDTH="100%"> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="-2" 
COLOR="silver"><B><A HREF="http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/" 
style="text-decoration: none">Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0</A></B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<!-- menu script itself. you should not modify this file -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" 
src="/hobbit/menu/menu.js"></script>
<!-- items structure. menu hierarchy and links are stored there -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" 
src="/hobbit/menu/menu_items.js"></script>
<!-- files with geometry and styles structures -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" 
src="/hobbit/menu/menu_tpl.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
        new menu (MENU_ITEMS, MENU_POS);
</script>

</BODY>
</HTML>

hobbit at balboa [/usr/local/hobbit/server/bin]

>> /var/log/hobbit/bb-display.log
>> ::::::::::::::
>> 2007-07-13 18:05:40 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout
>> 2007-07-13 18:05:40 hobbitd status-board not available
>>     
>
> This may happen once when Hobbit is started, but it is a problem if
> it shows up every time bbgen runs (once a minute). Does it ?
>
>   
It does repeat every minute.
> What happens if you run this command as the hobbit user:
>
>    bbcmd bbgen 
>
>   
Same as in the logs.

hobbit at balboa [/usr/local/hobbit/server/bin]
$ ./bbcmd bbgen

2007-07-16 07:51:35 Using default environment file 
/usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
2007-07-16 07:52:22 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout
2007-07-16 07:52:22 hobbitd status-board not available

hobbit at balboa [/usr/local/hobbit/server/bin]
$

> The problem with your CGI programs is probably the /usr/local/lib
> not being in the default library search path. Simplest solution is
> to use the "crle" utility to add /usr/local/lib to the system default
> library search path. Alternatively, put
>   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
>   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> in /etc/hobbit/hobbitcgi.cfg. You can also put that LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> setting into hobbitserver.cfg (without the "export" line) for the
> benefit of the other Hobbit utilities.
>
>   
I looked back at other hobbit monitors I installed here on Solaris and 
found the cgi problem was resolved using the LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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