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Problems starting hobbit

list Henrik Størner
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:07:37 +0200
Message-Id: <user-2fc59f185425@xymon.invalid>

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 04:48:37PM -0700, Kasperowicz, Shaun wrote:
Well after battling numerous other problems, I finally have what (I
think) is a working version of the Hobbit server.  Although I think I
have everything configured properly, I'm unable to start it.  I get the
following in hobbitlaunch.log:

2006-06-15 16:05:11 hobbitlaunch starting
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Loading tasklist configuration from
/usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Loading hostnames
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Loading saved state
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Setting up signal handlers
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Setting up hobbitd channels
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Could not attach shm Permission denied
2006-06-15 16:05:11 Cannot setup status channel
The "Permission denied" error is odd, it indicates that this shared
memory segment already exists, but was created by another user.

If you login as root and run "ipcs -m" you'll get a list of the
existing shared memory segments. With hobbit running, it typically
looks like this:

------ Shared Memory Segments --------
key        shmid      owner      perms      bytes      nattch     status
0x0102b575 2031619    hobbit    600        262144     2
0x0202b575 2064388    hobbit    600        262144     2
0x0302b575 2097157    hobbit    600        262144     2
0x0402b575 2129926    hobbit    600        262144     2
0x0502b575 2162695    hobbit    600        262144     1
0x0602b575 2195464    hobbit    600        32768      1
0x0702b575 2228233    hobbit    600        524288     2
0x0802b575 2261002    hobbit    600        524288     2

The "bytes" and "nattch" are typical for a default Hobbit setup.

If a Hobbit run has crashed, it might leave these behind. In that case,
use "ipcrm" to delete them. (Hobbit will do that automatically when
restarting, but if they were created by another user then it cannot).


Regards,
Henrik