[Xymon] Why no host comments?

[Richard Hamilton]

Having looked tried it, I decided I liked the default (show as tooltip on
the everything page, show in plain sight on the non-green or critical
systems pages) better; because with 27 columns of tests shown on my
everything page, horizontal space is at a premium. :-)

Clearly, others feel differently, which is probably why it's an option...


On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Mills,David (HHSC Contractor) <
David.Mills at hhsc.state.tx.us> wrote:

> Bravo, Torsten!
>
> Setting the "--tooltips=always" worked! I now see the host comments.
>
> Thanks!
>
> david
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Torsten Richter [mailto:bb4 at richter-it.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:25 PM
> To: Mills,David (HHSC Contractor) <David.Mills at hhsc.state.tx.us>; '
> xymon at xymon.com' <xymon at xymon.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Why no host comments?
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> Hi David,
>
> take a look at the XYMONGENOPTS in xymonserver.cfg.
> I think you need to add ' --tooltips=never ' there.
> - From the manpage of xymongen:
>
>
>        --tooltips=[always,never,main]
>               Determines which pages use tooltips to show the description
> of the host (from the COMMENT entry in the hosts.cfg(5) file). If set to
> always, tooltips are used on all pages. If set to
>               never, tooltips are never used. If set to main, tooltips are
> used on the main pages, but not on the "All non-green" or "Critical
> systems" pages.
>
> HTH
> Torsten
>
> On 06.09.2017 20:41, Mills,David (HHSC Contractor) wrote:
> > Howdy, All!
> >
> > We're in the process of migrating our current Xymon 4.3.3 site to a new
> host (Solaris -> Linux) and upgrading to a new Xymon version (JC's
> Terabithia RPMs: Xymon 4.3.28-1.el6.terabithia<http:/
> /xymon.sourceforge.net/>).
> >
> > One of the wrinkles that has me stumped is that none of the hundreds of
> host "COMMENT:" tags is appearing on the new server's pages!
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > On the old server an entry like this:
> >
> >    x.x.x.x    hwap142 #  COMMENT:"Batch App Server"
>         // Displays a like this on the web page:   hwap142 (Batch App
> Server)
> >
> > but the same line on the new server shows only:
> >
> >    hwap142
> >
> > ---
> >
> > All the associated test columns and colors are showing up just fine.
> Aside from the missing "COMMENT:" values, host  entries appear as expected.
> >
> > Clue: for some reason mousing over the name of the host on the web page
> reveals the missing COMMENT: text!
> >
> > Help!? <smile>
> >
> > ===
> > David Mills
> > Systems Administrator
> > Northrop Grumman
> > 512-595-1238
> >
> >
> >
> >
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