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[hobbit] Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi Henrik Thanks for helping on this. I rebooted this morning. Could the memory leak still effect me in that short time? No "failed allocation" in dmesg output. Do you want the full output? [root at pengo log]# vmstat 4 20 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 0 0 0 67916 14428 92136 0 0 19 5 1025 161 1 1 98 1 0 0 0 67852 14428 92136 0 0 0 0 1024 150 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67852 14436 92136 0 0 0 5 1031 157 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67852 14444 92136 0 0 0 12 1028 148 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 67852 14444 92136 0 0 0 2 1025 152 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 67852 14448 92136 0 0 0 1 1024 154 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67852 14448 92136 0 0 0 0 1026 145 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 67796 14448 92136 0 0 0 0 1028 157 1 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14448 92136 0 0 0 0 1023 149 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 67796 14456 92136 0 0 0 3 1024 155 1 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14456 92140 0 0 0 0 1037 157 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14468 92140 0 0 0 17 1026 150 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14468 92140 0 0 0 0 1022 157 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14476 92140 0 0 0 4 1022 148 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 67796 14476 92140 0 0 0 0 1023 157 1 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14476 92140 0 0 0 0 1021 152 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 67796 14476 92140 0 0 0 0 1019 147 1 0 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14476 92140 0 0 0 6 1026 153 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 67796 14492 92140 0 0 2 12 1023 151 0 0 92 8 0 0 0 67796 14492 92140 0 0 0 0 1024 155 0 1 99 0 All these commands returned to command prompt with the following error message. As user hobbit [hobbit at pengo hobbit]$ server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard" 2005-07-01 15:21:45 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout [hobbit at pengo hobbit]$ server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=pengo" 2005-07-01 15:21:00 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout [hobbit at pengo hobbit]$ server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=pengo.afgonlin.com.au" 2005-07-01 15:21:30 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout As root [root at pengo log]# /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard" 2005-07-01 15:17:41 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout [root at pengo log]# /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=pengo" 2005-07-01 15:18:35 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout [root at pengo log]# /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=pengo.afgonlin.com.au" 2005-07-01 15:18:48 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout --- -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 2:40 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Status Unavailable On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 01:51:47PM +0800, Vernon Everett wrote: > I removed the HEARTBEAT ine, and restarted. > No change. :-( > > In case it helps, I am runnig Mandrake 10.1 OK - something similar did happen on my own system a few days ago, but it was so bizarre I wonder if it could happen on two boxes in the same week :-) The Linux kernel was leaking memory, so eventually it ran out of network bufferspace and Hobbit couldn't send responses anywhere. Could you try running "dmesg" and see if there are any "failed allocation" messages at the bottom ? This should really only list the messages you see during boot-up and any hardware detection that has happened. Also, send me a "vmstat 4 20" output from the box. If you run ~hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard" does that hang ? What if you do ~hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=YOUR.HOBBIT.HOSTNAME" Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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[hobbit] Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi Henrik I removed the HEARTBEAT ine, and restarted. No change. :-( In case it helps, I am runnig Mandrake 10.1 Regards Vernon -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 1:38 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Status Unavailable Hi Vernon, could you try removing the HEARTBEAT line from the first entry in hobbitlaunch.cfg ? It looks like your hobbitd process is being bounced frequently. I've seen that happen for no apparent reason when the heartbeat check has been enabled - on some systems. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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[hobbit] Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Found this in /var/log/messages Jul 1 14:01:00 pengo CROND[4492]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Jul 1 14:01:01 pengo msec: changed mode of /var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid from 664 to 640 Jul 1 14:01:01 pengo msec: changed mode of /var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid from 664 to 640 Jul 1 14:01:01 pengo msec: changed mode of /var/log/wtmp from 664 to 640 Jul 1 14:01:01 pengo msec: changed group of /var/log/wtmp from utmp to adm Jul 1 14:01:01 pengo msec: changed mode of /var/log/Xorg.0.log from 644 to 640 Jul 1 14:01:01 pengo msec: changed group of /var/log/Xorg.0.log from root to adm Jul 1 14:06:48 pengo su(pam_unix)[4751]: session opened for user hobbit by root(uid=0) Jul 1 14:06:48 pengo su[4751]: pam_xauth: error creating temporary file `/usr/lib/hobbit/.xauthyyUFNl': Permission denied Jul 1 14:06:58 pengo su(pam_unix)[4751]: session closed for user hobbit Jul 1 14:23:13 pengo crontab[5400]: (root) LIST (root) Any help? -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 1:38 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Status Unavailable Hi Vernon, could you try removing the HEARTBEAT line from the first entry in hobbitlaunch.cfg ? It looks like your hobbitd process is being bounced frequently. I've seen that happen for no apparent reason when the heartbeat check has been enabled - on some systems. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi all Here's an interesting one. I have been running Hobbit for a few months now, and everything has been good. Upgraded to 4.0.3, and all was well. The suddenly, a few days ago, I started getting intermittant errors when I click on the faces/blobs for more information. Sometimes it works, and I get what I want. Other times, it times out and I get "Status not available" on a white screen. I tried the following 1. Restarting Hobbit. 2. Restarting the web server 3. Rebooting the server 4. Upgrading to Hobbit 4.0.4 Still no improvement. Looking again, I can rule out the Web server, because I get the main page, and the column info links on the column description works. I think I can rule out the network, because all the monitored machines are reachable and pingable from Hobbit. I think I ruled out a bug by upgrading to 4.0.4 I am still getting e-mail alerts (some of the time) and graphs are being updated (partially). When it does the "Status not available" trick for long periods of time, it doesn't upgrade the status or the graphs during that period. Any ideas, pointers or tips? Regards Vernon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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[hobbit] Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi Henrik Been watching this carefully, and seeing hobbitd test go yellow all the time. Is there a list of what all the numbers mean, and what they should be in the hobbitd results? Mine looked like this, which is all very nice, but what so they mean? Statistics for Hobbit daemon Up since 01-Jul-2005 07:31:02 (0 days, 00:05:01) Incoming messages : 145 - status : 122 - combo : 18 - page : 0 - summary : 0 - data : 0 - notes : 0 - enable : 0 - disable : 0 - ack : 0 - config : 0 - query : 0 - hobbitdboard : 5 - hobbitdlog : 0 - drop : 0 - rename : 0 - dummy : 0 - notify : 0 - schedule : 0 - Bogus/Timeouts : 0 Incoming messages/sec : 0 (average last 301 seconds) status channel messages: 120 (1 readers) stachg channel messages: 0 (1 readers) page channel messages: 1 (1 readers) data channel messages: 0 (1 readers) notes channel messages: 0 (0 readers) enadis channel messages: 0 (1 readers) Latest errormessages: Loading hostnames Loading saved state Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 Setting up signal handlers Setting up hobbitd channels Setting up logfiles Setup complete -----Original Message----- From: Vernon Everett [mailto:v.everett at afgonline.com.au] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 9:04 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Status Unavailable Hi all Here's an interesting one. I have been running Hobbit for a few months now, and everything has been good. Upgraded to 4.0.3, and all was well. The suddenly, a few days ago, I started getting intermittant errors when I click on the faces/blobs for more information. Sometimes it works, and I get what I want. Other times, it times out and I get "Status not available" on a white screen. I tried the following 1. Restarting Hobbit. 2. Restarting the web server 3. Rebooting the server 4. Upgrading to Hobbit 4.0.4 Still no improvement. Looking again, I can rule out the Web server, because I get the main page, and the column info links on the column description works. I think I can rule out the network, because all the monitored machines are reachable and pingable from Hobbit. I think I ruled out a bug by upgrading to 4.0.4 I am still getting e-mail alerts (some of the time) and graphs are being updated (partially). When it does the "Status not available" trick for long periods of time, it doesn't upgrade the status or the graphs during that period. Any ideas, pointers or tips? Regards Vernon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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[hobbit] Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Also found this in the hobbitlaunch.log Don't understand it much, but it might help you guys. 2005-07-01 09:35:10 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-07-01 09:35:10 Setting up logfiles 2005-07-01 09:35:10 Task hobbitd started with PID 6563 2005-07-01 09:35:15 Task bbhistory started with PID 6567 2005-07-01 09:35:15 Task bbenadis started with PID 6569 2005-07-01 09:35:15 Task bbpage started with PID 6571 2005-07-01 09:35:15 Task larrdstatus started with PID 6572 2005-07-01 09:35:15 Task larrddata started with PID 6573 2005-07-01 09:36:05 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6621 2005-07-01 09:36:05 Task bbretest started with PID 6622 2005-07-01 09:37:05 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6660 2005-07-01 09:37:05 Task bbcombotest started with PID 6661 2005-07-01 09:37:05 Task bbnet started with PID 6662 2005-07-01 09:37:05 Task bbretest started with PID 6663 2005-07-01 09:38:05 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6701 2005-07-01 09:38:05 Task bbretest started with PID 6702 2005-07-01 09:38:10 Heartbeat lost for task hobbitd, bouncing it 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Heartbeat lost for task hobbitd, killing it 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Task hobbitd terminated by signal 9 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Loading hostnames 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Loading saved state 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Task hobbitd started with PID 6709 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Setting up signal handlers 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-07-01 09:38:15 Setting up logfiles 2005-07-01 09:38:20 Task bbhistory started with PID 6713 2005-07-01 09:38:20 Task bbenadis started with PID 6715 2005-07-01 09:38:20 Task bbpage started with PID 6716 2005-07-01 09:38:20 Task larrdstatus started with PID 6717 2005-07-01 09:38:20 Task larrddata started with PID 6718 2005-07-01 09:39:05 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6750 2005-07-01 09:39:05 Task bbretest started with PID 6751 2005-07-01 09:40:07 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6814 2005-07-01 09:40:07 Task bbretest started with PID 6815 2005-07-01 09:41:08 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6852 2005-07-01 09:41:08 Task bbretest started with PID 6853 2005-07-01 09:42:08 Task bbdisplay started with PID 6890 2005-07-01 09:42:08 Task bbcombotest started with PID 6891 2005-07-01 09:42:08 Task bbnet started with PID 6892 2005-07-01 09:42:08 Task bbretest started with PID 6893 2005-07-01 09:42:13 Heartbeat lost for task hobbitd, bouncing it 2005-07-01 09:42:18 Heartbeat lost for task hobbitd, killing it 2005-07-01 09:42:18 Task hobbitd terminated by signal 9 2005-07-01 09:42:18 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 15 2005-07-01 09:42:18 Task bbnet terminated by signal 15 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Loading hostnames 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Loading saved state 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Setting up signal handlers 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Setting up logfiles 2005-07-01 09:48:18 Task hobbitd started with PID 7166 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbhistory started with PID 7170 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbenadis started with PID 7172 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbpage started with PID 7174 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task larrdstatus started with PID 7175 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task larrddata started with PID 7176 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbdisplay started with PID 7177 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbcombotest started with PID 7178 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbnet started with PID 7179 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task bbretest started with PID 7180 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task larrdcolumn started with PID 7184 2005-07-01 09:48:23 Task infocolumn started with PID 7186 2005-07-01 09:49:27 Task bbdisplay started with PID 7242 2005-07-01 09:49:27 Task bbretest started with PID 7243 2005-07-01 09:50:27 Task bbdisplay started with PID 7293 2005-07-01 09:50:27 Task bbretest started with PID 7294 2005-07-01 09:51:22 Heartbeat lost for task hobbitd, bouncing it 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Heartbeat lost for task hobbitd, killing it 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Task bbdisplay started with PID 7331 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Task bbretest started with PID 7332 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Task hobbitd terminated by signal 9 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Loading hostnames 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Loading saved state 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Setting up signal handlers 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-07-01 09:51:27 FATAL: hobbitd sees clientcount 1, should be 0 Check for hanging hobbitd_channel processes or stale semaphores 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Cannot setup status channel 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Task hobbitd started with PID 7333 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 15 2005-07-01 09:51:27 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Loading hostnames 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Loading saved state 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Setting up signal handlers 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Setting up logfiles 2005-07-01 09:51:32 Task hobbitd started with PID 7337 2005-07-01 09:51:37 Task bbhistory started with PID 7341 2005-07-01 09:51:37 Task bbenadis started with PID 7343 2005-07-01 09:51:37 Task bbpage started with PID 7345 2005-07-01 09:51:37 Task larrdstatus started with PID 7346 2005-07-01 09:51:37 Task larrddata started with PID 7347 2005-07-01 09:52:30 Task bbdisplay started with PID 7411 2005-07-01 09:52:30 Task bbretest started with PID 7412 2005-07-01 09:53:24 Task bbcombotest started with PID 7457 2005-07-01 09:53:24 Task bbnet started with PID 7458 -----Original Message----- From: Vernon Everett [mailto:v.everett at afgonline.com.au] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 9:04 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Status Unavailable Hi all Here's an interesting one. I have been running Hobbit for a few months now, and everything has been good. Upgraded to 4.0.3, and all was well. The suddenly, a few days ago, I started getting intermittant errors when I click on the faces/blobs for more information. Sometimes it works, and I get what I want. Other times, it times out and I get "Status not available" on a white screen. I tried the following 1. Restarting Hobbit. 2. Restarting the web server 3. Rebooting the server 4. Upgrading to Hobbit 4.0.4 Still no improvement. Looking again, I can rule out the Web server, because I get the main page, and the column info links on the column description works. I think I can rule out the network, because all the monitored machines are reachable and pingable from Hobbit. I think I ruled out a bug by upgrading to 4.0.4 I am still getting e-mail alerts (some of the time) and graphs are being updated (partially). When it does the "Status not available" trick for long periods of time, it doesn't upgrade the status or the graphs during that period. Any ideas, pointers or tips? Regards Vernon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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[hobbit] Status Unavailable
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Something else I noticed. Sometimes, the main screen gives me the header and the footer, and no info. No blobs/smileys, no columns, no server names, nothing. Just the menu, the logo, "CURRENT STATUS" and the date at the top, and a line. Then the footer. Line and Hobbit version. It is also on a green background, even though I have at least one test that is reporting yellow. Regards Vernon -----Original Message----- From: Vernon Everett [mailto:v.everett at afgonline.com.au] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 9:04 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Status Unavailable Hi all Here's an interesting one. I have been running Hobbit for a few months now, and everything has been good. Upgraded to 4.0.3, and all was well. The suddenly, a few days ago, I started getting intermittant errors when I click on the faces/blobs for more information. Sometimes it works, and I get what I want. Other times, it times out and I get "Status not available" on a white screen. I tried the following 1. Restarting Hobbit. 2. Restarting the web server 3. Rebooting the server 4. Upgrading to Hobbit 4.0.4 Still no improvement. Looking again, I can rule out the Web server, because I get the main page, and the column info links on the column description works. I think I can rule out the network, because all the monitored machines are reachable and pingable from Hobbit. I think I ruled out a bug by upgrading to 4.0.4 I am still getting e-mail alerts (some of the time) and graphs are being updated (partially). When it does the "Status not available" trick for long periods of time, it doesn't upgrade the status or the graphs during that period. Any ideas, pointers or tips? Regards Vernon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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