[hobbit] Hobbit server doesn't start on CentOS 5 with hobbit-4.2.0 installed

Fri Nov 30 20:47:52 CET 2007

It is quite likely that the RPM is just fine, but it isn't a 100% sure
thing...

Sebastian - did you make any changes to those kinds of things after
installing CentOS5?  I've installed Hobbit on half a dozen machines loaded
with CentOS5 and I've never seen this issue or had to change any such
option.

On 11/30/07, Sebastian <spa at syntec.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I haven't bothered trying the RPM again now that I have the source
> compiled
> version working, but there is probably nothing wrong with it. (I never
> suggested there was.) Or, at least, the RPM was not what was causing the
> problem I had - indeed the problem I had could have happened on any
> version
> of Linux, etc..
>
> Sebastian
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Arnold [mailto:hobbit at razorsedge.org]
> > Sent: 30 November 2007 19:10
> > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit server doesn't start on CentOS 5
> > with hobbit-4.2.0 installed
> >
> > So, for the record, there is nothing wrong with the RPM?
> >
> > --
> > -m
> >
> > Sebastian wrote:
> > > I looked at that already and it seemed high.  Mine is also:
> > > kernel.shmmax = 4294967295
> > >
> > > I found the problem though:
> > > max number of segments = 4096
> > > segments allocated 4096
> > >
> > > Fixed with:
> > > sysctl -w kernel.shmmni=8192
> > > kernel.shmmni = 8192
> > >
> > > Thanks for making me look at ipcs again though.
> > >
> > > Sebastian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   _____
> > >
> > > From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > > Sent: 30 November 2007 15:18
> > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit server doesn't start on CentOS 5 with
> > > hobbit-4.2.0 installed
> > >
> > >
> > > FTR my Hobbit server:
> > >
> > > -> sysctl -a|grep shmmax
> > > kernel.shmmax = 4294967295
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/30/07, HAMPL Pavel <phampl at csob.cz
> > <mailto:phampl at csob.cz> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What about to increase shmmax in the system when it
> > complains that cannot
> > > get allocated new 262kB?
> > > You can check what is your size: # sysctl -a|grep shmmax
> > > This cmd says you what is already used: # ipcs -m
> > >
> > > You can increase it in /etc/sysctl (just put there
> > something big, it is
> > > just
> > > a restriction, kernel.shmmax = XXXX)  and then apply it by
> > : # sysctl -p
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Pavel Hampl
> > >
> > >
> > >   _____
> > >
> > > From: Sebastian [mailto:spa at syntec.co.uk]
> > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:47 PM
> > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit server doesn't start on CentOS 5 with
> > > hobbit-4.2.0 installed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I uninstalled hobbit-4.2.0-7.el5.re.i386.rpm and compiled
> > hobbit-4.2.0
> > > from
> > > source with the allinone.patch and get exactly the same error.
> > >
> > > It might be worth noting that this was originally a minimum CentOS 5
> > > install
> > > - I had to install gcc-c++ (and rrd-devel and pcre-devel) to compile
> > > hobbit,
> > > and I previously had to install gcc for compiling some
> > other software -
> > > all
> > > from yum.
> > >
> > > The server has 2 GB of RAM but is running several other services.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > Sebastian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   _____
> > >
> > > From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > > Sent: 29 November 2007 18:44
> > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit server doesn't start on CentOS 5 with
> > > hobbit-4.2.0-7.el5.re.i386.rpm installed
> > >
> > >
> > > 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/hobbi
> > t-4-4.2.0-7.el
> > > 5.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 (
> > > <mailto:mockbuild at builder6.centos.org>
> > 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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