I'm trying to get more then 1 combo test to show up on the status page. My definitions in combo.cfg:

ps0898.apps = (ps0898.excel + ps0898.word) Win7\-hjb.apps = (Win7\-hjb.excel + Win7\-hjb.word)

Only the first shows a value in the apps column. According to the combostatus.log file with --debug both get evaluated:

25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Symbolic '(ps0898.excel+ps0898.word)' converted to '(1+1)' 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Symbolic '(Win7\-hjb.excel+Win7\-hjb.word)' converted to '(1+1)' 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Adding to combo msg: status ps0898.apps green Mon Sep 30 10:56:11 2013 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Adding to combo msg: status Win7\-hjb.apps green Mon Sep 30 10:56:11 2013 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Flushing combo message status ps0898.apps green Mon Sep 30 10:56:11 2013 status Win7\-hjb.apps green Mon Sep 30 10:56:11 2013 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Recipient listed as '10.45.x.y' 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Standard protocol on port 1984 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Will connect to address 10.45.x.y port 1984 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Connect status is 0 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Sent 556 bytes 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 Closing connection 25563 2013-09-30 10:56:11 2 status messages merged into 2 transmissions

On friday I tried the second test without the backslashes; the result was (to be expected):

(Win7-hjb.excel+Win7-hjb.word) = (0-1+0-1) = -2 clear Win7 clear hjb.excel clear Win7 clear hjb.word

The Win7.apps column stays purple and clicking shows me the above status as of last friday. I stopped xymon and dropped all files under server/ with "Win7*" in the name. The status is still there.

Differences between ps0898 and Win7-hjb: ps0898 is Windows XP and has an active bbwin client. Win7-hjb is Windows 7 and sends only the status and data line for both tests word and excel, which are shown in the corresponding columns.

What am I doing wrong?

Hermann-Josef Beckers