hobbitd stops running after 5 minutes 🔗 link

Hobbit 4.0 RC2
 
After launching hobbit, it will only stay active for five minutes, then
it dies.
 
Here is the log that shows it self-terminating and unable to restart:
 
Hobbitlaunch.log
 
2005-02-14 17:59:12 hobbitlaunch starting
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Loading tasklist configuration from
/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Task hobbitd started with PID 1285
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Loading hostnames
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Loading saved state
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Setting up signal handlers
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Setting up hobbitd channels
2005-02-14 17:59:12 Setting up logfiles
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task bbhistory started with PID 1286
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task bbenadis started with PID 1287
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task bbpage started with PID 1288
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task larrdstatus started with PID 1292
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task larrddata started with PID 1293
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task bbdisplay started with PID 1294
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task bbnet started with PID 1297
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task bbretest started with PID 1298
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task larrdcolumn started with PID 1299
2005-02-14 17:59:17 Task infocolumn started with PID 1300
2005-02-14 18:00:18 Task bbdisplay started with PID 1365
2005-02-14 18:00:18 Task bbretest started with PID 1366
2005-02-14 18:01:19 Task bbdisplay started with PID 1491
2005-02-14 18:01:19 Task bbretest started with PID 1492
2005-02-14 18:02:22 Task bbdisplay started with PID 1501
2005-02-14 18:02:22 Task bbretest started with PID 1502
2005-02-14 18:03:24 Task bbdisplay started with PID 1518
2005-02-14 18:03:24 Task bbretest started with PID 1519
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated by signal 6
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd started with PID 1529
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading hostnames
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading saved state
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in
use)
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd started with PID 1530
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading hostnames
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading saved state
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in
use)
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd started with PID 1531
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading hostnames
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading saved state
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in
use)
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd started with PID 1532
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading hostnames
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading saved state
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in
use)
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd started with PID 1533
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading hostnames
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Loading saved state
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in
use)
2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1

"Lowery, Michael" <user-89d72f0c2e3d@xymon.invalid> wrote on 15/02/2005
13:08:46:

[SNIP]

What OS are you running on?  Do you have lsof installed?

If so, does 'lsof -i | grep 1984' show anything?

If not, does 'netstat -an | grep LISTEN | grep 1984' show anything?  Looks
like it should, although we'll probably need OS specifics to help further
if you don't have lsof.

Andy.


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Running RedHat 7.3.  Here is the output of lsof when hobbitd is running:

hobbitd    2071   bb    3u  IPv4 730385988       TCP *:1984 (LISTEN)

And nothing is listed when it is not.

Thanks,
Michael Lowery

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy France [mailto:user-ee2a9e4eaf57@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:19 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbitd stops running after 5 minutes


"Lowery, Michael" <user-89d72f0c2e3d@xymon.invalid> wrote on 15/02/2005
13:08:46:

[SNIP]

What OS are you running on?  Do you have lsof installed?

If so, does 'lsof -i | grep 1984' show anything?

If not, does 'netstat -an | grep LISTEN | grep 1984' show anything?
Looks
like it should, although we'll probably need OS specifics to help
further
if you don't have lsof.

Andy.


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On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:08:46PM -0600, Lowery, Michael wrote:

There seems to be a problem that causes hobbitd to crash when it sends
in a status report about itself, which happens every 5 minutes. I'm
chasing it right now.

2005-02-14 18:04:16 Task hobbitd terminated by signal 6

Looks like the same problem.


Henrik

Hi Michael,

I just finished hunting down a problem that looks very much like this
one. 

Could you check your server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg file: There's
a line
   BBSERVERHOSTNAME="some.host.name"

This hostname - "some.host.name" - is it listed in your
server/etc/bb-hosts file?  If not, does the problem go away if you add
that hostname to your bb-hosts file ?


Please let me know the result.

Thanks,
Henrik

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:08:46PM -0600, Lowery, Michael wrote:

I renamed the BBSERVERHOSTNAME in hobbitserver.cfg to the same as my
BBDISPLAY in bb-hosts.  So far, so good.  It has at least stayed up for
7 minutes!  I'll let you know if that changes.

Michael Lowery

       
-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:39 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbitd stops running after 5 minutes

Hi Michael,

I just finished hunting down a problem that looks very much like this
one. 

Could you check your server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg file: There's
a line
   BBSERVERHOSTNAME="some.host.name"

This hostname - "some.host.name" - is it listed in your
server/etc/bb-hosts file?  If not, does the problem go away if you add
that hostname to your bb-hosts file ?


Please let me know the result.

Thanks,
Henrik


On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:08:46PM -0600, Lowery, Michael wrote:

Henrik,

I have been having much the same problem, if not worse.

Bbdisplay has been doing all kinds of weird and less wonderful things;
like not generating entries for the tests which are defined, displaying
some of them, sometimes working, and also going to the beloved purple.

For what it is worth, I checked my BBSERVERHOSTNAME as you suggest; to
find the server's host name, not the FQDN as I had defined in bb-hosts.

So far, (over the last hour or so), Hobbit has been working like a
dream.

Beautiful work on Hobbit too.  I have been using BB for a few years now
(but only in the Windoze environment), and am very very new to Linux
(despite several past attempts).  It did take me a few try's to get
hobbit going; and one thing I found that if your installing hobbit to
the "hobbit user" home directory, apache 2.0 doesn't like aliasing
inside these folders - access denied no matter what.

Anyway, thanks for all your hard work; it certainly shows.

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2005 22:39
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbitd stops running after 5 minutes

Hi Michael,

I just finished hunting down a problem that looks very much like this
one. 

Could you check your server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg file: There's
a line
   BBSERVERHOSTNAME="some.host.name"

This hostname - "some.host.name" - is it listed in your
server/etc/bb-hosts file?  If not, does the problem go away if you add
that hostname to your bb-hosts file ?


Please let me know the result.

Thanks,
Henrik


On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:08:46PM -0600, Lowery, Michael wrote: