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Xymon 4.2.2 (a.k.a. Hobbit) has been released

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list Henrik Størner · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100 ·
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.

Xymon is the new name for the Hobbit monitor - the name
was changed for legal reasons. The new version fixes a
lot of bugs in the previous release, including all of
the bugs that were handled by the "all-in-one" patch
for Hobbit 4.2.0.

Version 4.2.2 also merges server-side support required
by several of the popular Xymon add-ons: Devmon, BBWin
and the hobbit-perl-client.

It is available at the Sourceforge project site,
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140220&release_id=647612


Regards,
Henrik
list Greg L Hubbard · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:20:55 -0600 ·
Congratulations!  Thanks for your ongoing dedication...

GLH 
quoted from Henrik Størner

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Subject: [hobbit] Xymon 4.2.2 (a.k.a. Hobbit) has been released

I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is now available from
Sourceforge.

Xymon is the new name for the Hobbit monitor - the name was changed for
legal reasons. The new version fixes a lot of bugs in the previous
release, including all of the bugs that were handled by the "all-in-one"
patch for Hobbit 4.2.0.

Version 4.2.2 also merges server-side support required by several of the
popular Xymon add-ons: Devmon, BBWin and the hobbit-perl-client.

It is available at the Sourceforge project site,

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id
=140220&release_id=647612


Regards,
Henrik
list Padraig Lennon · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:27:38 +0100 ·
Excellent.. Can't wait to try it... 

regards,

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-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Storner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] Sent: 16 December 2008 15:13
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: user-31496adb6da5@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Xymon 4.2.2 (a.k.a. Hobbit) has been released

I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.

Xymon is the new name for the Hobbit monitor - the name
was changed for legal reasons. The new version fixes a
lot of bugs in the previous release, including all of
the bugs that were handled by the "all-in-one" patch
for Hobbit 4.2.0.

Version 4.2.2 also merges server-side support required
by several of the popular Xymon add-ons: Devmon, BBWin
and the hobbit-perl-client.

It is available at the Sourceforge project site,
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id
=140220&release_id=647612


Regards,
Henrik


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list Rich Smrcina · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:33:46 -0600 ·
Yes, indeed.

Hubbard, Greg L wrote:
Congratulations!  Thanks for your ongoing dedication...

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list Josh Luthman · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:41:45 -0500 ·
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Rich Smrcina <user-cf452ff334e0@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Yes, indeed.

Hubbard, Greg L wrote:
Congratulations!  Thanks for your ongoing dedication...

GLH
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list L.M.J · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:42:43 +0100 ·
quoted from Padraig Lennon

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100, Henrik Storner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Great, thanks for the news. Is it safe to compile it and replace the old
Hobbit binaries? or is there any cleanest way to upgrade my current Hobbit
server?

Thanks by advance
list Adam Goryachev · Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:13:24 +1100 ·
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Henrik Storner wrote:
It is available at the Sourceforge project site,
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140220&release_id=647612
Any chance of some packages similar to the 4.2.0 ones for debian?
Specifically the server package and the client package?

BTW, for the debian package maintainer in debian, will this version end
up in lenny, or will lenny only have 4.3.0 ? What about debian testing?
Will 4.2.2 go there after the current testing -> stable ?

Thanks,
Adam
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list Henrik Størner · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:47:34 +0000 (UTC) ·
quoted from L.M.J
In <a16736ddb213d7495439d967ea3c0ff8 at imap> L.M.J <user-78bb6d5d9024@xymon.invalid> writes:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100, Henrik Storner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Great, thanks for the news. Is it safe to compile it and replace the old
Hobbit binaries? or is there any cleanest way to upgrade my current Hobbit
server?
Should work just fine, as long as you configure it the same
as you did with the original 4.2.0 sources - same userid, 
directories etc.


Regards,
Henrik
list Henrik Størner · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:48:25 +0000 (UTC) ·
quoted from Adam Goryachev
In <user-c699666e41aa@xymon.invalid> Adam Goryachev <user-92fd6827f6ae@xymon.invalid> writes:
Henrik Storner wrote:
It is available at the Sourceforge project site,
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140220&release_id=647612
Any chance of some packages similar to the 4.2.0 ones for debian?
Specifically the server package and the client package?
I'll have them built and uploaded in a day or two.


Regards,
Henrik
list Martin Ward · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:17:08 -0000 ·
quoted from Henrik Størner
Henrik wrote:

In <a16736ddb213d7495439d967ea3c0ff8 at imap> L.M.J <user-78bb6d5d9024@xymon.invalid> writes:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100, Henrik Storner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> >wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Great, thanks for the news. Is it safe to compile it and replace the >old Hobbit binaries? or is there any cleanest way to upgrade my current >Hobbit server?
Should work just fine, as long as you configure it the same
as you did with the original 4.2.0 sources - same userid, directories etc.
Could I compile the binaries and simply copy them directly in to the
correct bin/ directories so as to use my current 4.2.0 configs or are
there major changes to the config files?

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list L.M.J · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:20:58 +0100 ·
Le Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:47:34 +0000 (UTC),
quoted from Henrik Størner
Henrik "Størner" <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> a écrit :
In <a16736ddb213d7495439d967ea3c0ff8 at imap> L.M.J <user-78bb6d5d9024@xymon.invalid> writes:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100, Henrik Storner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Great, thanks for the news. Is it safe to compile it and replace the old
Hobbit binaries? or is there any cleanest way to upgrade my current Hobbit
server?
Should work just fine, as long as you configure it the same
as you did with the original 4.2.0 sources - same userid, 
directories etc.
Great, gonna check it out soon!
list Henrik Størner · Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:46:24 +0000 (UTC) ·
In <user-5d6e7bd49dc5@xymon.invalid> "Ward, Martin" <user-2d33a6eb6a05@xymon.invalid> writes:
Henrik wrote:
=20
In <a16736ddb213d7495439d967ea3c0ff8 at imap> L.M.J=20
<user-78bb6d5d9024@xymon.invalid> writes:
=20
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100, Henrik Storner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid>=20
quoted from L.M.J
wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
=20
Great, thanks for the news. Is it safe to compile it and replace the=20
old Hobbit binaries? or is there any cleanest way to upgrade=20
my current=20
Hobbit server?
=20
Should work just fine, as long as you configure it the same
as you did with the original 4.2.0 sources - same userid,=20
quoted from Martin Ward
directories etc.
Could I compile the binaries and simply copy them directly in to the
correct bin/ directories so as to use my current 4.2.0 configs or are
there major changes to the config files?
The only config file changes are additions to the hobbitgraph.cfg
file (new definitions from BBWin, Devmon and hobbit-perl-client),
and the corresponding new items listed in the TEST2RRD and GRAPHS
setting in hobbitserver.cfg.

So compiling and then copying your binaries over - or just doing
a "make install", this will not overwrite your existing config -
should work fine.


Regards,
Henrik
list Peter Welter · Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:24:53 +0100 ·
One more Hurray for Henrik! Although the year must have been hard for him,
medical reasons etc, he managed to produce a whole new release of Hobbit,
sorry Xymon (Guess it will take a while for me to get used to ;-)
Also a "Thank you" for everyone on the mailing list, for their support by
answering questions, supplying patches, suggestions or ideas.

This is very good for the community, to see that a product like Xymon is
alive!

The new release, the new features (f.e. notifications report), including
incorporated patches and/or fixes is absolutely worth the upgrade!

Merry x-mas to you all,

Peter

2008/12/16 Henrik Størner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid>
quoted from Henrik Størner
In <user-5d6e7bd49dc5@xymon.invalid>
"Ward, Martin" <user-2d33a6eb6a05@xymon.invalid> writes:
Henrik wrote:
=20
In <a16736ddb213d7495439d967ea3c0ff8 at imap> L.M.J=20
<user-78bb6d5d9024@xymon.invalid> writes:
=20
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:44 +0100, Henrik Storner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid>=20
wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
=20
Great, thanks for the news. Is it safe to compile it and replace the=20
old Hobbit binaries? or is there any cleanest way to upgrade=20
my current=20
Hobbit server?
=20
Should work just fine, as long as you configure it the same
as you did with the original 4.2.0 sources - same userid,=20
directories etc.
Could I compile the binaries and simply copy them directly in to the
correct bin/ directories so as to use my current 4.2.0 configs or are
there major changes to the config files?
The only config file changes are additions to the hobbitgraph.cfg
file (new definitions from BBWin, Devmon and hobbit-perl-client),
and the corresponding new items listed in the TEST2RRD and GRAPHS
setting in hobbitserver.cfg.

So compiling and then copying your binaries over - or just doing
a "make install", this will not overwrite your existing config -
should work fine.


Regards,
Henrik

list Adam Goryachev · Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:13:12 +1100 ·
quoted from Peter Welter
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Henrik Storner wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Just wondering, but when comparing my old config to the new config, you
have changed the comments line to this:
#    PORT [LOCAL=addr] [EXLOCAL=addr] [REMOTE=addr] [EXREMOTE=addr]
[STATE=state] [EXSTATE=state] [MIN=mincount] [MAX=maxcount]
[COLOR=color] [TRACK=id] [TEX
T=displaytext]

Basically, changed min/max/col to MIN/MAX/COLOR, but further down in the
file, the examples still have the old lower case values. Do these need
to change to the uppercase between 4.2.0 and 4.2.2, along with
col=>COLOR ? or will either work in 4.2.2 but the next version will
force the new style / etc ??

Thanks,
Adam


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list Henrik Størner · Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:07:10 +0000 (UTC) ·
quoted from Adam Goryachev
In <user-c58e34671a45@xymon.invalid> Adam Goryachev <user-eaec2ffb4cbc@xymon.invalid> writes:
Henrik Storner wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Just wondering, but when comparing my old config to the new config, you
have changed the comments line to this:
#    PORT [LOCAL=addr] [EXLOCAL=addr] [REMOTE=addr] [EXREMOTE=addr]
[STATE=state] [EXSTATE=state] [MIN=mincount] [MAX=maxcount]
[COLOR=color] [TRACK=id] [TEX
T=displaytext]
Basically, changed min/max/col to MIN/MAX/COLOR, but further down in the
file, the examples still have the old lower case values. Do these need
to change to the uppercase between 4.2.0 and 4.2.2, along with
col=>COLOR ? or will either work in 4.2.2 but the next version will
force the new style / etc ??

It's case-insensitive, so both will work - now and in future versions.


Regards 
Henrik
list Asif Iqbal · Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:13:53 -0500 ·
I see hobbit 4.2.0 in ubuntu repo and it is keeping some of the cfg
files in /var/run/hobbit dir. The problem with that is when the ubuntu
server reboots it clears the contents of /var/run and then hobbit
complains and fails to restart.

I suggest all the cfg files get put in /etc/hobbit or some other
places as part of pkg installation.

I am also ccing the maintainer list

These are the files where the changes need to be made

root at improvise:~# dpkg -L hobbit | grep -v \.gz | xargs grep
'/var/run/hobbit' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | sort -u
/etc/hobbit/hobbitgraph.cfg
/etc/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.cfg
/etc/hobbit/hobbitserver.cfg
/etc/init.d/hobbit
quoted from Henrik Størner


On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:07 AM, Henrik Størner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:
In <user-c58e34671a45@xymon.invalid> Adam Goryachev <user-eaec2ffb4cbc@xymon.invalid> writes:
Henrik Storner wrote:
I am pleased to announce that Xymon version 4.2.2 is
now available from Sourceforge.
Just wondering, but when comparing my old config to the new config, you
have changed the comments line to this:
#    PORT [LOCAL=addr] [EXLOCAL=addr] [REMOTE=addr] [EXREMOTE=addr]
[STATE=state] [EXSTATE=state] [MIN=mincount] [MAX=maxcount]
[COLOR=color] [TRACK=id] [TEX
T=displaytext]
Basically, changed min/max/col to MIN/MAX/COLOR, but further down in the
file, the examples still have the old lower case values. Do these need
to change to the uppercase between 4.2.0 and 4.2.2, along with
col=>COLOR ? or will either work in 4.2.2 but the next version will
force the new style / etc ??

It's case-insensitive, so both will work - now and in future versions.


Regards
Henrik

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list Christoph Berg · Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:19:52 +0100 ·
Re: Adam Goryachev 2008-12-16 <user-c699666e41aa@xymon.invalid>
quoted from Adam Goryachev
Henrik Storner wrote:
It is available at the Sourceforge project site,
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140220&release_id=647612
Any chance of some packages similar to the 4.2.0 ones for debian?
Specifically the server package and the client package?

BTW, for the debian package maintainer in debian, will this version end
up in lenny, or will lenny only have 4.3.0 ? What about debian testing?
Will 4.2.2 go there after the current testing -> stable ?
Lenny will ship with 4.2.0. There will be 4.2.2 packages in unstable
soon, and backports of these to lenny as soon as backports.org opens
its doors for lenny packages.

I'll also update the 4.3 package in experimental over the next weeks.

Christoph
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list Bryan A Kennedy · Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:30:01 -0600 ·
Hi.  We are running Hobbit v4.2.0 on a Red Hat Ent Linux WS rel 4 server.
We have been running it for about two years without any issues (Great
tool!).  A month and a half ago, the trends graphs stopped graphing.  I
restart Hobbit/Xymon and the graphs start working for a few hours, then
stop.  The issue is with the status channel graphs.  The memory used by
this process starts low as expected, then continues to grow until I restart
it again.  A process listing of that process shows

hobbit   24705  0.0 27.1 1099080 1095804 ?   S    03:05   0:00
hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/home/hobbit/logs/rrd-status.log
hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd

It is using 27.1% of the memory (4GB total memory) and I just restarted
Hobbit/Xymon 8 hours ago.  I have upgraded the kernel on the server, and
tried various debugging options.  I have tried removing changes that
happened around the time of the graphing stop, but nothing has shown the
issue.

Looking in the rrd-status.log I do see entries with garbled data
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Dropping (more) garbled data
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Dropping (more) garbled data

I am at a loss as to what the problem is.  I do plan an upgrade to Xymon
v4.2.2, but wanted to see if I could fix this issue first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance for your time.


Regards,

Bryan Kennedy
list Olivier Beau · Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:46:49 +0100 ·
Hi,

Strange.

Have few tried removing all the hosts you added in your monitoring in 
the last 2 months ?
(it could be a client sending bad statuses..)

Do you have any NCV or external scripts for rrd ?
(di you tried disabling those ?)


Olivier
quoted from Bryan A Kennedy

On 21/01/2009 18:30, Bryan A Kennedy wrote:
Hi.  We are running Hobbit v4.2.0 on a Red Hat Ent Linux WS rel 4 server.
We have been running it for about two years without any issues (Great
tool!).  A month and a half ago, the trends graphs stopped graphing.  I
restart Hobbit/Xymon and the graphs start working for a few hours, then
stop.  The issue is with the status channel graphs.  The memory used by
this process starts low as expected, then continues to grow until I restart
it again.  A process listing of that process shows

hobbit   24705  0.0 27.1 1099080 1095804 ?   S    03:05   0:00
hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/home/hobbit/logs/rrd-status.log
hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd

It is using 27.1% of the memory (4GB total memory) and I just restarted
Hobbit/Xymon 8 hours ago.  I have upgraded the kernel on the server, and
tried various debugging options.  I have tried removing changes that
happened around the time of the graphing stop, but nothing has shown the
issue.

Looking in the rrd-status.log I do see entries with garbled data
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Dropping (more) garbled data
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Dropping (more) garbled data

I am at a loss as to what the problem is.  I do plan an upgrade to Xymon
v4.2.2, but wanted to see if I could fix this issue first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance for your time.


Regards,

Bryan Kennedy

list Bryan A Kennedy · Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:58:28 -0600 ·
I have removed most of what has been added recently.  I started with the
items that were less default than the standard.  This wasn't the fix.  I
did remove an external script that is used as well.  I will continue to
remove and see if I can find something.


Regards,

Bryan Kennedy


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Hi,

Strange.

Have few tried removing all the hosts you added in your monitoring in
the last 2 months ?
(it could be a client sending bad statuses..)

Do you have any NCV or external scripts for rrd ?
(di you tried disabling those ?)


Olivier

On 21/01/2009 18:30, Bryan A Kennedy wrote:
Hi.  We are running Hobbit v4.2.0 on a Red Hat Ent Linux WS rel 4 server.
We have been running it for about two years without any issues (Great
tool!).  A month and a half ago, the trends graphs stopped graphing.  I
restart Hobbit/Xymon and the graphs start working for a few hours, then
stop.  The issue is with the status channel graphs.  The memory used by
this process starts low as expected, then continues to grow until I
restart
it again.  A process listing of that process shows

hobbit   24705  0.0 27.1 1099080 1095804 ?   S    03:05   0:00
hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/home/hobbit/logs/rrd-status.log
hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd

It is using 27.1% of the memory (4GB total memory) and I just restarted
Hobbit/Xymon 8 hours ago.  I have upgraded the kernel on the server, and
tried various debugging options.  I have tried removing changes that
happened around the time of the graphing stop, but nothing has shown the
issue.

Looking in the rrd-status.log I do see entries with garbled data
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Dropping (more) garbled data
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Dropping (more) garbled data

I am at a loss as to what the problem is.  I do plan an upgrade to Xymon
v4.2.2, but wanted to see if I could fix this issue first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance for your
time.


Regards,

Bryan Kennedy

list Henrik Størner · Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:54:25 +0100 ·
quoted from Bryan A Kennedy
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:30:01AM -0600, Bryan A Kennedy wrote:
Hi.  We are running Hobbit v4.2.0 on a Red Hat Ent Linux WS rel 4 server.
We have been running it for about two years without any issues (Great
tool!).  A month and a half ago, the trends graphs stopped graphing.  I
restart Hobbit/Xymon and the graphs start working for a few hours, then
stop.
[snip]
Looking in the rrd-status.log I do see entries with garbled data
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Dropping (more) garbled data
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Dropping (more) garbled data
This brings memories of a bug that I fixed a while back, but I
can see that it has only been fixed in the development version -
not in the 4.2.x series.

I think this patch - should work for both 4.2.0 and 4.2.2 -
will fix your problem. I'll add this for 4.2.3.


Regards,
Henrik
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list Bryan A Kennedy · Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:45:33 -0600 ·
Thank you Henrik.  I applied the patch and that fixed the garbled data
messages.  We are still working on the graphing issue, but believe we have
found the issue with network settings on our end.

Regards,

Bryan Kennedy


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quoted from Bryan A Kennedy


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:30:01AM -0600, Bryan A Kennedy wrote:
Hi.  We are running Hobbit v4.2.0 on a Red Hat Ent Linux WS rel 4 server.
We have been running it for about two years without any issues (Great
tool!).  A month and a half ago, the trends graphs stopped graphing.  I
restart Hobbit/Xymon and the graphs start working for a few hours, then
stop.
[snip]
Looking in the rrd-status.log I do see entries with garbled data
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:19:11 Dropping (more) garbled data
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Bad data in channel, skipping it
2009-01-21 11:22:35 Dropping (more) garbled data
This brings memories of a bug that I fixed a while back, but I
can see that it has only been fixed in the development version -
not in the 4.2.x series.

I think this patch - should work for both 4.2.0 and 4.2.2 -
will fix your problem. I'll add this for 4.2.3.


Regards,
Henrik

(See attached file: channelsync.patch)
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