[Orca-users] I'm a New Orca user. Getting error starting orca " conversion of 'orcallator_monsoon_gauge_#httpds' to float not complete "

Jarosz, Robert E. rjarosz at draper.com
Thu Jun 7 08:17:20 PDT 2007


Does anyone know why I'm getting the following error when starting orca?
(After the following initial error ; the .png files cannot be created
either when the orca script continues.)
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# ./orca -v ../lib/orcallator.cfg

Orca version 0.27 using RRDs version 1.2023 at Wed Jun  6 20:48:44 2007.
Loading state from `/usr/rrdtool/orcallator/orca.state'.
Creating orca_logo.gif.
Creating rrdtool_logo.gif.
Creating rothschild_image_logo.png.
Finding files and setting up data structures at Wed Jun  6 20:48:44
2007.
 RSS  VSZ %MEM        TIME     USER   PID COMMAND
6560 8168  1.2        0:03     root 27603 /local/bin/perl
Current running time is 0:02 minutes.
Loading new data from group orcallator for monsoon.
  Read    15 data points from
`/usr/orca.0.27/orcallator/monsoon/orcallator-2007-05-31-000.bz2'.
  Read     1 data point from
`/usr/orca.0.27/orcallator/monsoon/orcallator-2007-05-31-001.bz2'.
  Read     4 data points from
`/usr/orca.0.27/orcallator/monsoon/orcallator-2007-05-31-002.bz2'.
  Read   108 data points from
`/usr/orca.0.27/orcallator/monsoon/orcallator-2007-05-31-003.bz2'.
Flushing new data from group orcallator for monsoon.
./orca: warning: cannot put data starting at Thu May 31 12:45:04 2007
(1180629904) into `/usr/orca.0.27/o_monsoon/gauge_num_httpds.rrd':
conversion of 'orcallator_monsoon_gauge_#httpds' to float not complete:
tail 'orcallator_monsoon_gauge_#httpds'
Saving state into `/usr/rrdtool/orcallator/orca.state'.
  Read   288 data points from
`/usr/orca.0.27/orcallator/monsoon/orcallator-2007-06-01-000.bz2'.
  Read   288 data points from
`/usr/orca.0.27/orcallator/monsoon/orcallator-2007-06-02-000.bz2'.
^C RSS  VSZ %MEM        TIME     USER   PID COMMAND
6784 8352  1.2        0:12     root 27603 /local/bin/perl
Current running time is 0:12 minutes.
..,

... then many entries like the following:

COMMENT:Last data entered at Thu Jun  7 10:40:04 2007.
./orca: warning: cannot create
`/usr/orca.0.27/html/orcallator/monsoon/o_monsoon_gauge_le0NoCP_per_s-da
ily.png': Garbage ':40:04 2007.' after command:



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Robert Jarosz
UNIX Systems Support
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
IT Services
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