[Orca-users] Re: orca errors

[Blair Zajac]

Thanks, I've got them but haven't looked at them yet.

Best,
Blair

mbanker1966 wrote:
> 
> I mailed you the orcallator files and the orca error log.
> 
> Thanks.
> -Mike
> 
> --- In orca-users at y..., Blair Zajac <blair at o...> wrote:
> > Can you send the files
> >
> > /usr/local/var/orca/orcallator/unixeng9/orcallator-2002-05-07-*.Z
> >
> > to me.
> >
> > It looks like orcallator.se isn't keeping track of the columns
> properly.
> >
> > Best,
> > Blair
> >
> > mbanker1966 wrote:
> > >
> > > hmmm... i'm already using version 1.32 of both cfg and se.
> > >
> > > --- In orca-users at y..., Blair Zajac <blair at o...> wrote:
> > > > mbanker1966 wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I started seeing a bunch of these lately:
> > > > >
> > > > > /usr/local/bin/orca: number of columns in line 224 of
> > > > > `/usr/local/var/orca/orcallator/unixeng9/orcallator-2002-05-
> 07-
> > > 000.Z'
> > > > > does not match column description.
> > > > > /usr/local/bin/orca: number of columns in line 225 of
> > > > > `/usr/local/var/orca/orcallator/unixeng9/orcallator-2002-05-
> 07-
> > > 000.Z'
> > > > > does not match column description.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, I'm using the same orcallator.se on all my systems, but
> I've
> > > > > only noticed this error from a handful of them.  I'm using
> version
> > > > > 1.32 of orcallator.se and orcallator.cfg.  On the systems
> where
> > > I've
> > > > > seen these errors, there are gaps in the charts.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > From Orca's FAQ:
> > > >
> > > > Warning Messages
> > > > ----------------
> > > >
> > > >   2.1) Number of columns in line '1,2,3.....' of
> > > >        ../orcallator/...../percol-2000-09-26 does not match
> column
> > > >        description.
> > > >
> > > >        When Orca sees a line in an input data file that does not
> > > have
> > > >        the same number of columns as defined at the top of the
> file
> > > >        when column_description is `first_line' or does not
> match the
> > > >        column_description, then Orca will complain and ignore
> the
> > > >        line.  Additionally, Orca will not record the data from
> this
> > > >        line in the RRD files and no data will be plotted.
> > > >
> > > >        If this happens when using orcallator.se, then it will
> happen
> > > >        for orcallator.se versions 1.28b6 or older when hardware,
> > > mount
> > > >        points, network interfaces, etc. are added or removed
> from
> > > the
> > > >        system and orcallator.se outputs a different number of
> > > columns.
> > > >
> > > >        To work around this problem, upgrade to version 1.32 or
> later
> > > >        of orcallator.se and orcallator.cfg at
> > > >
> > > >          http://www.orcaware.com/orca/pub/
> > > >
> > > >        which now create new output data file any time the
> number of
> > > >        columns or a name of a column changes so that Orca will
> not
> > > >        complain and all of your data will be plotted.