[Xymon] Applying Linux Memory Patch for rhel7 with kernel 3.10

[Michael Moreland]

I have not been through an upgrade yet and this is the first issue I have
come across. Our current philosophy uses the attitude of, if it is not
broke, do not fix it. Therefore, we do not look to upgrade unless critical
or if there are security issues.

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Scot Kreienkamp <
Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:

> Out of curiosity why would you bother to patch such an old version?  Why
> not upgrade?
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> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Moreland
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 29, 2017 12:54 PM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [Xymon] Applying Linux Memory Patch for rhel7 with kernel 3.10
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> Hello All,
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> I am trying to apply the following patch via the method below and I appear
> to be getting an error (patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch
> input.). I have not applied patches before so please excuse my lack of
> experience. My server is currently running Xymon version 4.3.19.
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> Generally, quick-fix patches such as this one are applied like this:
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> cd xymon-4.3.4
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> patch -p0 </tmp/infocolumn-crash.diff
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> make clean
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> make
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> sudo make install
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> Since only the svcstatus.cgi binary is changed by the current patch,
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> copying that file over to ~xymon/server/bin/ is fine instead of running
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> "make install".
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> Regards,
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> Henrik
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> I am trying to fix the memory display explained in the following article
> that also supplies the patch -
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> http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2015-May/041671.html
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> Please assist and explain the steps needed to apply patches and/or if a
> file can simply be edited/replaced for this specific task.
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> Thanks,
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> Michael
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