Michael,
Yes it looks like an issue with libpng. Verify this by going to your hobbit directory, then cd to the "bin" directory, and run the ldd command on hobbitgraph.cgi. This will show all the libs that hobbitgraph expects to find, and if it has access to them or not. Here is a sample output from my hobbit server:
ldd hobbitgraph.cgi
libpcre.so.0 => /lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x0098d000)
librrd.so.2 => /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.11/lib/librrd.so.2 (0x00d35000) libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0x00be1000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x005cf000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00804000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00726000) libart_lgpl_2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2 (0x0044d000) libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x006fb000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x005b6000)
I'm guessing that for you libpng is missing. If you already have it, but its in the wrong place, the fix can be as simple as making a symlink to it, or copying it to where hobbit expects it to be. Other solutions include editing your /etc/ld.so.conf (run ldconfig afterwards), or recompiling hobbit and giving it the exact location of libpng.
-Charles
Michael Frey wrote:
The specific issue I am having is with the history graphs drawing. Everything else is working fine. see screenshot:
They used to work, but after a reboot, they failed. I recall having to manually copy ldpng somewhere, but that is it.
I know I am in over my head with the linux piece, but it worked before, and I am sure it is a simple fix; I just can't figure it out.
I have some great resources here that know linux, but they are at a loss with the pieces hobbit uses.
Any suggestions for the cgi-graphing would simplify everything, as I would eave the current build running.
Michael Frey
*From:* Michael Frey [_mailto:michael_frey at glic.com_] * Sent:* Friday, January 06, 2006 11:00 AM* To:* _hobbit at hswn.dk_ <mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk>* Subject:* [hobbit] linux version
I have had a linux rh 7.3 server running, and have had issues with the history graphs.
I tried to upgrade to Fedora C3, bit that looks to be missing some important pieces. What would be the recommended version of Linux to avoid all of these isuues?
Redhat 9?
Michael,
What missing important pieces? I have run hobbit on Redhat9, Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 4, Centos 3.x, Centos 4.x, and Solaris 10.
All of the installs required fulfilling various dependencies like rrdtool, libpng, etc. I would say the easiest install I did was on FC4...I'm not sure you will find an OS that will have all of hobbits dependencies available in the base packages branch, but with any decently new distro you should have pretty much everything available except rrdtool.
If you are the kind of person who prefers to use RPMs for everything, check out Dags (_http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php_), they have RPMs for most distros (redhat 7,9,fc1-4,EL3-4) including fping and rrdtool. You can either download the rpms manually or add dag to your yum.conf so you can just do "yum install rrdtool" and it will automatically grab the dependencies too.
Note I don't recommend this method for everyone...some people are paranoid (rightfully so if security is a concern) and refuse to install binary releases and only install manually from tarballs.
-Charles
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