Ok, I turned on --debug on the client and here is output from the hobbitclient.log

bash-2.03# tail -f hobbitclient.log

2007-01-29 10:00:45 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout

2007-01-29 10:03:09 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout

2007-01-29 10:08:11 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout

2007-01-29 10:10:51 client -> Running '/export/home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh', BBHOME=/export/home/hobbit/client

2007-01-29 10:11:02 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout

2007-01-29 10:15:52 client -> Running '/export/home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh', BBHOME=/export/home/hobbit/client

2007-01-29 10:16:04 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout

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From: Trent Melcher [mailto:tmelcher at saionline.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:05 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit client "bb failed to send message -

timeout" issue

Why would I all of a sudden be getting this on one of my hobbit

clients? I can telnet to port 1984 from the client server as root and as the hobbit user. Im running 4.2.0 on both my server and my clients. Thanks Trent

Trent Melcher
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(402) 399-9111 x2774
tmelcher at saionline.com 

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