[Xymon] MAXMSG_* limits

[Henrik Størner]

On 25-08-2011 05:07, Phil Crooker wrote:
> I was having an issue with BBWin client messages being too large and
> getting truncated. In the xymonserver.cfg help file, eg:
>
> "MAXMSG_STATUS
> The maximum size of a "status" message in kB, default: 256. "
>
> I tried putting that variable in and enlarging it to 512 but still
> received the same error and no change to MAXMSG either. I found I had to
> use a value in bytes, not KB as stated - this was reported back in 2006:
>
>
> http://lists.xymon.com/oldarchive/2006/05/msg00196.html

And I belive it was fixed back then. I just tried it with 4.3.4, and it 
picks up the KB-value just fine. What version are you running?

You can use the command "ipcs -m" to see the size of the shared memory 
segments that Xymon uses (you must be logged in as root, or the xymon user).

> I also found I had to restart xymon for it to pick up the changes. It
> may be possible to just kill -HUP or something, I didn't try. But I
> didn't expect this behaviour as the other config changes I've made have
> been picked up on the fly...

Changing xymonserver.cfg usually requires a restart. All other config 
changes are picked up automatically.


Regards,
Henrik