Larry,
You might have an issue with a corrupted hobbitd.chk file. This is based on the error message "Bad file descriptor". This file is used by hobbitd to store events it needs to process for the enable/disable process. You can find the file at <install directory>/server/tmp. You might take a look at that file and see if it can not be accessed by other utilities. This would provide more of an indication that the trouble is tied to that file.
If you shutdown the hobbit server process, you can remove this file and when you start it again, hobbitd will create a new file. Be aware that this would cause you to lose any pre-scheduled enable/disable actions. If you need new ones, you would have to re-enter them. I could be all wet, but based on the information you provided, that is where I would start.
......Bruce
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From: Larry Barber [mailto:lebarber at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:53 AM To: hobbit Subject: [hobbit] blank displays
I'm seeing some odd behavior on hobbit, (4.2.0). About once a week all the displays go blank, they don't show any of the hosts. At the same time hobbitdboard becomes empty, or nearly so. The hobbitd log shows:
2010-04-18 18:00:00 Ran scheduled task 8 from x.x.x.x: disable lnx1.* 240 Disabled by: auser @ y.y.y.y Reason: yada yada yada
2010-04-18 18:00:00 Fatal error in select: Bad file descriptor 2010-04-18 18:00:03 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:00:13 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:01:14 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:11:17 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:12:16 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:13:17 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:23:20 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:24:22 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:25:24 Setup complete 2010-04-18 18:32:39 Setup complete
Where the multiple "Setup completes" are the result of hobbitd crashing and automatically restarting. Stopping hobbit completely and then restarting appears to cure the problem. It does appear to be related to using the scheduled disable function of Hobbit.
Any ideas about what could be going on?
Thanks, Larry Barber