[hobbit] Hobbit server doesn't start on CentOS 5 with hobbit-4.2.0-7.el5.re.i386.rpm installed

[Josh Luthman]

Just compile it from source.  If you don't know how to do that I can give
you instructions command by command, just ask.  I use CentOS5 on my boxes
but I've never bothered with the RPM.

On 11/29/07, Sebastian <spa at syntec.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  I installed an RPM of hobbit-4.2.0 called hobbit-4.2.0-7.el5.re.i386.rpm,
> which I probably got from here:
> *
> http://rpm.razorsedge.org/centos-5/RE/repodata/repoview/hobbit-4-4.2.0-7.el5.re.html
> *<http://rpm.razorsedge.org/centos-5/RE/repodata/repoview/hobbit-4-4.2.0-7.el5.re.html>
> It includes the All-in-one patch.  So I configured the cfg files and
> started hobbit, but I get this in hobbitlaunch.log:
>
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 hobbitlaunch starting
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Loading tasklist configuration from
> /usr/libexec/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Loading hostnames
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Loading saved state
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Cannot access checkpoint file
> /usr/libexec/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Setting up signal handlers
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Setting up hobbitd channels
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Could not get shm of size 262144: No space left on
> device
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Cannot setup status channel
> 2007-11-29 17:33:47 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
>
> This is the first time I've started it, so I presume that this is normal:
> "Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/libexec/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk
> for restore".  The problem looks like this:  "Could not get shm of size
> 262144: No space left on device".  I see that there are two similar issues
> listed on *http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/known-issues.html*<http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/known-issues.html>that relate to FreeBSD, but none of the sysctl keys listed are in this
> version of Linux:
>
> # cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5.centos.plus (mockbuild at builder6.centos.org)
> (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)) #1 SMP Thu Oct 25 06:49:40
> EDT 2007
>
> Google returns 1 result for "Could not get shm of size" "No space left on
> device" and that was the Known Issues page I've already checked.  Any ideas?
>
> Also, I noticed that the hobbitd.pid file did not get deleted when hobbitd
> terminated.  It seems like it should have been.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Sebastian
>



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