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Client test problems on Xymon server 4.2.3
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Good morning, Just ran into an odd problem on my Xymon server that I hope someone might help me diagnose. I run the server software on Solaris 9 and I allow the server program to run the client part out of hobbitlaunch.cfg. This has worked in the past. After patching and rebooting, however, suddenly the external tests never make it to the web interface and ultimately turn purple. The processes run, they write to the tmp directory of the client, but that's as far as it goes. All of the built-in tests work fine. Any idea what to look at? Thanks! - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/CST-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxRoHgACgkQmb+gadEcsb4gzACg2xVhE07EpvJ/Vzh2s2w9bIue 4kAAnRpPhAdEWCsGZCfeflsJ1pV+Pcnz =36R/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Please FIX the message digest [Re: xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 16:03:47 -0000 Issue 2066]
by robert.herron＠gmail.com 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

This a follow-up on my July 12 message ("Digest message setting"). I subscribe to the list in digest mode. In my opinion, the digests have been broken since the list was changed to xymon from hobbit on July 9. Digests are being sent out with usually only one message in the digest. Here are the subjects for the digest sent yesterday and thusfar today: xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 16:03:47 -0000 Issue 2066? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 16:03:47 -0000 Issue 2066 Topics (messages 29117 through 29117): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 15:59:52 -0000 Issue 2065? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 15:59:52 -0000 Issue 2065 Topics (messages 29116 through 29116): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 15:42:52 -0000 Issue 2064? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 15:42:52 -0000 Issue 2064 Topics (messages 29115 through 29115): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 15:38:40 -0000 Issue 2063? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 15:38:40 -0000 Issue 2063 Topics (messages 29114 through 29114): Client xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 14:58:36 -0000 Issue 2062? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 14:58:36 -0000 Issue 2062 Topics (messages 29112 through 29113): xymon xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 13:55:04 -0000 Issue 2061? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 13:55:04 -0000 Issue 2061 Topics (messages 29111 through 29111): xymon xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 12:50:51 -0000 Issue 2060? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 12:50:51 -0000 Issue 2060 Topics (messages 29110 through 29110): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 11:50:18 -0000 Issue 2059? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 11:50:18 -0000 Issue 2059 Topics (messages 29109 through 29109): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 10:49:39 -0000 Issue 2058? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 10:49:39 -0000 Issue 2058 Topics (messages 29108 through 29108): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:28:50 -0000 Issue 2057? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:28:50 -0000 Issue 2057 Topics (messages 29107 through 29107): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:23:26 -0000 Issue 2056? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:23:26 -0000 Issue 2056 Topics (messages 29106 through 29106 xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:19:14 -0000 Issue 2055? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:19:14 -0000 Issue 2055 Topics (messages 29105 through 29105): New xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:07:45 -0000 Issue 2054? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 07:07:45 -0000 Issue 2054 Topics (messages 29104 through 29104): Re xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 03:40:43 -0000 Issue 2053? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 03:40:43 -0000 Issue 2053 Topics (messages 29103 through 29103): Re: New xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:53:48 -0000 Issue 2052? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:53:48 -0000 Issue 2052 Topics (messages 29102 through 29102): Re: New xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:51:25 -0000 Issue 2051? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:51:25 -0000 Issue 2051 Topics (messages 29101 through 29101): Re: New xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:41:28 -0000 Issue 2050? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:41:28 -0000 Issue 2050 Topics (messages 29100 through 29100): Re: New xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:38:42 -0000 Issue 2049? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 02:38:42 -0000 Issue 2049 Topics (messages 29099 through 29099): Re: New xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 00:48:58 -0000 Issue 2048? - xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 00:48:58 -0000 Issue 2048 Topics (messages 29098 through 29098): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 23:39:29 -0000 Issue 2047? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 23:39:29 -0000 Issue 2047 Topics (messages 29097 through 29097): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 22:20:37 -0000 Issue 2046? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 22:20:37 -0000 Issue 2046 Topics (messages 29096 through 29096): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 19:00:10 -0000 Issue 2045? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 19:00:10 -0000 Issue 2045 Topics (messages 29095 through 29095): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 18:41:30 -0000 Issue 2044? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 18:41:30 -0000 Issue 2044 Topics (messages 29094 through 29094): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 17:00:06 -0000 Issue 2043? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 17:00:06 -0000 Issue 2043 Topics (messages 29093 through 29093): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:50:54 -0000 Issue 2042? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:50:54 -0000 Issue 2042 Topics (messages 29092 through 29092): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:46:58 -0000 Issue 2041? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:46:58 -0000 Issue 2041 Topics (messages 29091 through 29091): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:30:23 -0000 Issue 2040? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:30:23 -0000 Issue 2040 Topics (messages 29090 through 29090): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:10:03 -0000 Issue 2039? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:10:03 -0000 Issue 2039 Topics (messages 29089 through 29089): Re: New xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:00:21 -0000 Issue 2038? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:00:21 -0000 Issue 2038 Topics (messages 29088 through 29088): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:00:13 -0000 Issue 2037? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 16:00:13 -0000 Issue 2037 Topics (messages 29087 through 29087): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:57:47 -0000 Issue 2036? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:57:47 -0000 Issue 2036 Topics (messages 29086 through 29086): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:50:06 -0000 Issue 2035? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:50:06 -0000 Issue 2035 Topics (messages 29085 through 29085): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:40:23 -0000 Issue 2034? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:40:23 -0000 Issue 2034 Topics (messages 29084 through 29084): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:29:36 -0000 Issue 2033? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:29:36 -0000 Issue 2033 Topics (messages 29083 through 29083): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:21:43 -0000 Issue 2032? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 15:21:43 -0000 Issue 2032 Topics (messages 29082 through 29082): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 14:57:07 -0000 Issue 2031? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 14:57:07 -0000 Issue 2031 Topics (messages 29081 through 29081): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 14:52:22 -0000 Issue 2030? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 14:52:22 -0000 Issue 2030 Topics (messages 29080 through 29080): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 14:43:14 -0000 Issue 2029? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 14:43:14 -0000 Issue 2029 Topics (messages 29079 through 29079): Problem xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 09:14:34 -0000 Issue 2028? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 09:14:34 -0000 Issue 2028 Topics (messages 29078 through 29078): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 08:30:26 -0000 Issue 2027? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 08:30:26 -0000 Issue 2027 Topics (messages 29077 through 29077): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:39:51 -0000 Issue 2026? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:39:51 -0000 Issue 2026 Topics (messages 29076 through 29076): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:36:52 -0000 Issue 2025? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:36:52 -0000 Issue 2025 Topics (messages 29075 through 29075): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:35:27 -0000 Issue 2024? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:35:27 -0000 Issue 2024 Topics (messages 29074 through 29074): Re xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:32:17 -0000 Issue 2023? - xymon Digest 28 Jul 2010 07:32:17 -0000 Issue 2023 Topics (messages 29073 through 29073): Re Notice how in several cases, multiple digests containing only one message where sent within 10-15 minutes. Prior to the July 12 change, digests were sent around every 25 messages. Could this configuration be restored? Robert Herron robert.herron at gmail.com On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:03 PM, <xymon-digest-help at xymon.com> wrote: > > xymon Digest 29 Jul 2010 16:03:47 -0000 Issue 2066 > > Topics (messages 29117 through 29117): > > Re: Client test problems on Xymon server 4.2.3 > 29117 by: Josh Luthman > > Administrivia: > > To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: > <xymon-digest-subscribe at xymon.com> > > To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: > <xymon-digest-unsubscribe at xymon.com> > > To post to the list, e-mail: > <xymon at xymon.com> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> > To: xymon at xymon.com > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:03:21 -0400 > Subject: Re: [xymon] Client test problems on Xymon server 4.2.3 > Can you share what the log says? Maybe someone will spark an idea or > be able to identify where the issue lays. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu> > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The operating system. 137 patches I think it was. Though I agree, the > > timing is suspicious, I'm not sure that that could be the cause (unless > > it changed an ld config file or something). I don't see any log output > > that would indicate what is happening, and like I said, the data file > > are written to $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/tmp. > > > > On 07/29/2010 11:42 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > >> What did you patch? > >> > >> Permissions issue? > >> > >> Josh Luthman > >> Office: 937-552-2340 > >> Direct: 937-552-2343 > >> 1100 Wayne St > >> Suite 1337 > >> Troy, OH 45373 > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu> > wrote: > >> Good morning, > >> > >> Just ran into an odd problem on my Xymon server that I hope someone > >> might help me diagnose. I run the server software on Solaris 9 and I > >> allow the server program to run the client part out of hobbitlaunch.cfg. > >> This has worked in the past. After patching and rebooting, however, > >> suddenly the external tests never make it to the web interface and > >> ultimately turn purple. The processes run, they write to the tmp > >> directory of the client, but that's as far as it goes. All of the > >> built-in tests work fine. > >> > >> Any idea what to look at? > >> > >> Thanks! > >>> > >>> > > To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to > > xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com > >>> > >>> > > > >> To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to > >> xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer > > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/CST-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxRpXIACgkQmb+gadEcsb4plQCfUTX5r+JvbZ4i98IZURrw5BLQ > > XRUAn3N+zTlZ0cGqB3dXbujMlSQrV6Qu > > =TYsD > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to > > xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com > > > > > >

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bbwin on windows server 2008 - no data sent to bbdisplay
by pkc_mls＠yahoo.fr 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Hi all, I try to set up bbwin on windows 2008. the only network packets I get from the bbwin server are like this one : 1.2.3.4 224.0.0.252 LLMNR Standard query A yourfirstbbdisplay my bbwin.cfg works fine on windows 2003, but 2008 doesn't seem to work fine. did anyone already experience this ?

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xymon-client repo install broken also?
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

After hand-repairing a broken repo install of xymon on a new prototype xymon server, I just attempted a xymon-client install on a prototype client. That was broken, too. Am I doing something wrong, or is the rpm just hosed? This is a fully updated RHEL5 system. Like the server install, the xymon-client install blew up with a rename error and left the already unpacked files in place but with no trace of xymon in the rpm database. I guess I can clean up by pulling a file manifest from the rpm. Here's what happened: [root at utility named.data]# yum install xymon-client.x86_64 Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package xymon-client.x86_64 0:4.2.3-1.rhel5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: xymon-client x86_64 4.2.3-1.rhel5 Xymon 358 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 358 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm | 358 kB 00:00 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 60d204a7 Xymon/gpgkey | 3.6 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x60D204A7 "Buchan Milne <bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net>" from ht tp://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/bgmilne.asc Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Migrating from hobbit to xymon Copying init script settings Copying existing configuration from /etc/hobbit to /etc/xymon /bin/cp: cannot stat `/etc/hobbit': No such file or directory Replacing hobbit with xymon where relevant in config find: /etc/xymon: No such file or directory Moving data files from /var/lib/hobbit to /var/lib/xymon /bin/mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/hobbit': No such file or directory Moving log files from /var/log/hobbit to /var/log/xymon Migration complete Beware, any files reported below as .rpmsave should probably be restored before starting xymon! xymon user present Adding user xymon to group adm Installing : xymon-client 1/1 Error unpacking rpm package xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel5.x86_64 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib64/xymon/client/etc: cpio: re name Failed: xymon-client.x86_64 0:4.2.3-1.rhel5 Complete! [root at utility named.data]# ls -l /usr/lib64/xymon/client/etc total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root adm 43 Sep 2 2008 clientlaunch.cfg.rpmsave -> /usr/lib/hobbi t/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg [root at utility named.data]# rpm -qa|grep xymon

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Ignoring filesystems
by mailinglist0＠skurfer.com 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

I’ve added something like this to the DEFAULT section at the end of `hobbit-cleints.cfg`. DISK /mnt IGNORE But if I mount something on /mnt, it still shows up, alerts, etc. Does this have to be specified per-host/per-page/per-class or should it be possible to define such a thing under DEFAULT? Related question: How can I “drop” a single filesystem that I don’t want to see historical data for? Thanks. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> The magnitude of a problem does not affect its ownership.

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TS: Xymon and another BB server
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Design question: Currently we have 2 separate networks. We are running BB on both of the networks. The display is on the local network. The separated network can send info to the local network so that the local BB server can display all of the information for us and alert us. There are about 40 servers we need the info from on the separated network. Is there a way to accept the data from the separated BB server into the local Xymon server? We will be replacing the BB server with the Xymon server on the local network. We do not want to punch a hole for each server if we don't have to for security reasons. Additional question: Can an Xymon server on the separated network report all of its info to the local Xymon server for display? Do you need an additional Xymon server on the separated network to just gather the info and forward it to the local Xymon server? All ideas are appreciated! J Thanks, Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D L-3 Communication Systems West 640 North 2200 West P.O. Box 16850 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 eFax (413) 480-6873 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com \\\\||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--

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Fresh server install on RHEL5: source or yum repo?
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

I'm about to begin migrating a hobbit server on Centos5 to an RHEL5 server running xymon. Would like to hear any thoughts/advice on whether to do a source install or a yum repo install. I'm a package management advocate, so I lean toward the yum install, but package management depends on the actual packages in the repo being managed on an ongoing basis. I'd especially like to hear from Buchan M. and Neil F., since Buchan advised Neil about a year ago to do a yum installation.

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RHEL5 and xymon client monitoring log files
by cathy.smith＠pnl.gov 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Folks With your help, the RHEL5 server is now showing up in the hobbit display correctly. This is the xymon client reporting to a hobbit server. Now I have a question about monitoring log files. I have included below, my localclient.cfg file. I want to check /var/log/messages for anything with the word ERROR. Hobbit displays a white smiley face in the msgs column with the message: The client did not report any logfile data I'm running all processes as root, so there shouldn't be any permissions issues. Can you tell me what I've done wrong in the config file? Thanks. Cathy --- Cathy L. Smith IT Engineer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Phone: 509.375.2687 Fax: 509.375.2330 Email: cathy.smith at pnl.gov -----Original Message----- From: root [mailto:root at pnlelm1.pnl.gov] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:35 AM To: Smith, Cathy Subject: localclient.cfg # localclient.cfg - configuration file for a LOCAL Hobbit client. # # By default, Hobbit clients send raw data to the Hobbit server, # which in turn converts the data into status messages. # In that case, THIS FILE IS NOT USED and you should IGNORE it. # # The special DEFAULT section can modify the built-in defaults - this must # be placed at the end of the file. HOST=foo.pnl.gov MEMSWAP 70 90 PROC crond PROC http PROC sendmail PROC sshd PROC syslogd LOG /var/log/messages ERROR COLOR=red DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 16.0 30.0 DISK * 95 99 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97

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Upgrade from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0-0 beta 2
by geoff.hallford＠gmail.com 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Hi All, I am doing an upgrade from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0-0 beta 2 on a new server. I have read in the forums, that you can do a brand new server installation (which I have done) and then you just need to stop Xymon on both servers and copy over the "data" directory and modify permissions accordingly to migrate. Is there a way that I can test moving over the data and hosts, then clean up all of the data before trying again? I have tried removing the data from /home/xymon/data and from /home/xymon/server/tmp but each time it has trouble saying it can't access the ACK folder in data or the checkpoint file..... how does it know that it had the info previously, if i have deleted all the data??? Any suggestions would help. Thanks. Geoff.

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bb-win & client-local.cfg
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Hi all Hoping for a little help on this one. Got a stream of errors coming through from some wintendo clients running bb-win. See example below. We would like to ignore some errors related to certain messages. I was under the impression that the following in client-local.cfg would do it. [win32] eventlog:Security ignore Success eventlog:System ignore Information *eventlog:Application ignore Citrix System Monitoring ignore MetaFrameEvents* Appears to not be the case. How do we configure the client-local.cfg to ignore instances of the first and last error, but not instances like the middle one below? (The messages are for illustrative purposes only - their relative importance and why I should or shouldn't ignore them is not under discussion) Regards Vernon [image: red] application: error - 2010/07/26 11:41:53 - Citrix System Monitoring Agent (37) - NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM "The Queue thread stopped responding. The Citrix System Monitoring Agent will shutdown and restart." [image: yellow] application: warning - 2010/07/26 11:40:52 - Citrix-Multimedia-Flash (50) - stuff/deleted "The client does not support HDX MediaStream for Flash. Server-side Flash rendering will be used if available." [image: yellow] application: warning - 2010/07/26 11:33:59 - MetaFrameEvents (1103) - n/a "An error occurred while retrieving client printer properties. Default printer properties will be used instead. Client name: (WI_-fCiFejFrIHBbXrfM) Printer: (CompanyName Pull Print PS [UPD:PS] (from WI_-fCiFejFrIHBbXrfM) in session 6) Printer driver: ()"

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