[Orca-users] Re: Orca Startup Problem

[Phillip B. Bruce]

Blair Zajac wrote:

> Phillip,
>
> Can you email the complete output from running start_orcallator?
>
> After you do this, try running
>
>       se -DWATCH_OS orcallator.se 5
>
> and see if there's any output.  If not, then there's a problem with
> your
> installation of SE or a particular issue with orcallator.se on your
> system.
> Which OS and hardware are you using?
>
> Just ignore orca.state, touching it or doing anything with it won't
> fix the
> issue, it'll just make a warning message go away.  There's nothing in
> there
> that'll cause Orca to find the files it needs to load.
>
> Blair
>
> "Phillip B. Bruce" wrote:
> >
> > Blair Zajac wrote:
> >
> > > Can you put the complete list of commands and error messages from
> > > running
> > > start_orcallator?  There's not enough information there to work
> off
> > > of.
> > >
> > > Several questions:
> > >
> > > Are you running orcallator as root?
> > >
> > > Is /opt a NFS mounted filesystem on this system?
> > >
> > > Blair
> > >
> > > "Phillip B. Bruce" wrote:
> > > > Blair,
> > > >
> > > >    This is what I did so far.
> > > >
> > > >   1. stop_orcallator
> > > >
> > > >   2. start_orcalltor
> > > > ./orcallator_running
> > > >
> > > > 3. Now in /opt/orca/var/orca/orcallator
> > > > ./orcallator_running: okieland/percol-2001-10-07 does not exist
> > > >
> > > > Keep in mind that I'm so frustrated that I removed everything
> from
> > > the
> > > > 2.6 version and re-installed.
> > > > I had to manually do a touch orca.state to get orcallator up but
>
> > > still
> > > > keep running into this problem.
> > > >
> > > > This is what OS I'm running which is 2.8
> > > > uname -a
> > > > SunOS okieland 5.8 Generic_108529-10 i86pc i386 i86pc
> > > >
> > > > #more /etc/release
> > > >                        Solaris 8 10/00 s28x_u2wos_11 INTEL
> > > >            Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights
> > > Reserved.
> > > >                             Assembled 28 August 2000
> > > >
> > > > Now any further suggestion would be appreciated.
> >
> > >
> Service.
> >
> > Blair,
> >
> >      Orcallator is running as root.
> >      No NFS services.
> >
> >      This is a standalone system that orca is running on what else
> do
> > you need to
> >       know.
> >
> > orca -o -v lib/orcallator.cfg
> > Orca version 0.264 using RRDs version 1.000331 at Sun Oct  7
> 19:17:37
> > 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 Sun Oct  7 19:17:37
> > 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
> > 3876 4748  1.6        0:01     root  1263 /usr/bin/perl
> > Current running time is 0:00 minutes.
> > /opt/orca/bin/orca: no data files found.  Make sure `find_files'
> > parameter is set properly.
> >
> > Again unless I do the following:
> >
> > # touch orca.state
> >
> > The find_files for group orcallator with no data files found. I have
>
> > everything configured correctly.
> > As I have repeatedly stated that I've have removed and started all
> over
> > again and again on this.
> >
> > So far I'm not all that impressed at least not with installation and
>
> > configuration. Compiling was not
> > an issue and worked just fine. Also SETOOLS installations requires
> that
> > SEPATH be set. Your only neededing
> > it for accuracy so the perl can pick up the path in case MORONS who
> > cannot understand the purpose of environment
> > variables or even the use LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables. Which is a good
>
> > thing to do but a little more work on
> > your part could have prevented that also.
> >
> > You have a good program and I was impressed when 2.6 was installed
> and
> > only had a small issue. It seems like
> > that is all falling apart since then.
> >
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Blair,

   nice try that didn't work either:

#  se -DWATCH_OS ./orcallator.se 5
Segmentation Fault

So what is next.

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