[Orca-users] Re: Orca Startup Problem

[Blair Zajac]

The orcallator.se program generates the output percol-* files.  Are you
running it?

Blair

"Phillip B. Bruce" wrote:
> 
> Blair Zajac wrote:
> 
> > Phillip,
> >
> > The state file is not the issue.  If Orca finds files to read and
> > create plots
> > for, it'll create the state file.  The problem is that there are no
> > input
> > data files that Orca can find.
> >
> > Can you check the setting of your find_files parameter and see the
> > directory
> > and regular expression it has and compare this to the location of your
> > output
> > percol-* files?  The two should match.  If not, either change the
> > find_files
> > to find your percol-* files or change start_orcallator to point OUTDIR
> > to
> > the correct location.
> >
> > Also, you shouldn't need to set SEPATH.  The se program should do that
> >
> > automatically for a properly installed SE.
> >
> > Best,
> > Blair
> >
> >
> > "Phillip B. Bruce" wrote:
> > >
> > > Blair and Group:
> > >
> > >      Ok, I solved the problem with the RRD's that I had.
> > >
> > >      But now I'm back with the old problem before No orca.state
> > file. As
> > > you suggested
> > >      this is supposed to be automatically generated the first time
> > it is
> > > started.
> > >
> > >      My problem with this last time was the SEPATH wasn't set
> > correctly
> > > in the start_orcallator
> > >      scripts but his is correct now. But I still get the problem.
> > >
> > >      BTW, I have removed everything and started over again and it
> > still
> > > does this.
> > >      I think it would be wise that orca contain an option to force
> > > generation of the orca.state
> > >      file.
> > >
> > >      Now any other bright ideas?
> > >
> > > # orca -v lib/orcallator.cfg
> > > Orca version 0.263 using RRDs version 1.000331 at Sat Oct  6
> > 15:42:03
> > > 2001.
> > > /opt/orca/bin/orca: warning: cannot open state file
> > > `/opt/orca/var/orca/rrd/orcallator/orca.state' for reading: No such
> > file
> > > or directory
> > > Creating orca.gif.
> > > Creating rrdtool.gif.
> > > Finding files and setting up data structures at Sat Oct  6 15:42:03
> > > 2001.
> > > /opt/orca/bin/orca: warning: no files found for `find_files' for
> > `group
> > > orcallator' in `lib/orcallator.cfg'.
> > > RSS  VSZ %MEM        TIME     USER   PID COMMAND
> > > 3968 4728  1.6        0:01     root 25567 /usr/bin/perl
> > > Current running time is 0:01 minutes.
> > > /opt/orca/bin/orca: no data files found.  Make sure `find_files'
> > > parameter is set properly.
> > > #
> > >
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> >
> 
> Blair,
> 
>    Thanks for your feedback. Here is my  orcallator.cfg file for you to
> review. I think I need to
>    understand something I didn't grasp the first time I ran this
> program.
> 
>    1. what  percol-* files? are you referring to?
> 
> 2. How are those generated?
> 
> I think the reason I don't understand it here cause your procedure
> for setting up is very long winded.
> 
> It wouldn't hurt to put a statement that shows the flow of the app
> and what creates these files that needs to be generated.
> 
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