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bennett.matthew at gmail

Apr 24, 2007, 2:37 PM

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Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch

Hello list,

I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using the
standard distro install.

Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
start.

My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Thanks,
Matt.

Attachments:

wackamole.conf (1.17 KB)

jesus at omniti

Apr 24, 2007, 5:45 PM

Post #2 of 6 (1137 views)
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Re: Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch [In reply to]

strace -f the wackamole process (without the -d option). If you
can't figure out what the issue is by looking at the strace, then
mail the output to the list.

On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using the
> standard distro install.
>
> Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
> omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
> command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
> start.
>
> My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this before?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.
> <wackamole.conf>
> _______________________________________________
> wackamole-users mailing list
> wackamole-users[at]lists.backhand.org
> http://lists.backhand.org/mailman/listinfo/wackamole-users

// Theo Schlossnagle
// Principal[at]OmniTI: http://omniti.com
// Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/

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bennett.matthew at gmail

May 4, 2007, 11:17 AM

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Re: Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch [In reply to]

Theo,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven't managed to glean
anything from the strace output, so it's attached. Hopefully it's
enlightening for you.

Thanks,
Matt.

On 4/25/07, Theo Schlossnagle <jesus[at]omniti.com> wrote:
>
> strace -f the wackamole process (without the -d option). If you
> can't figure out what the issue is by looking at the strace, then
> mail the output to the list.
>
> On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using the
> > standard distro install.
> >
> > Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
> > omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
> > command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
> > start.
> >
> > My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this before?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> > <wackamole.conf>
> > _______________________________________________
> > wackamole-users mailing list
> > wackamole-users[at]lists.backhand.org
> > http://lists.backhand.org/mailman/listinfo/wackamole-users
>
> // Theo Schlossnagle
> // Principal[at]OmniTI: http://omniti.com
> // Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/
>
>

Attachments:

wack.problems (18.4 KB)

jesus at omniti

May 4, 2007, 11:35 AM

Post #4 of 6 (1122 views)
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Re: Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch [In reply to]

Looks like strace was run without -f. Please run it with -f so that
it follows the child process that is spawned.

On May 4, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:

> Theo,
>
> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven't managed to
> glean anything from the strace output, so it's attached. Hopefully
> it's enlightening for you.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.
>
> On 4/25/07, Theo Schlossnagle <jesus[at]omniti.com> wrote: strace -f
> the wackamole process (without the -d option). If you
> can't figure out what the issue is by looking at the strace, then
> mail the output to the list.
>
> On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using
> the
> > standard distro install.
> >
> > Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
> > omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
> > command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
> > start.
> >
> > My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this
> before?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> > <wackamole.conf>
> > _______________________________________________
> > wackamole-users mailing list
> > wackamole-users[at]lists.backhand.org
> > http://lists.backhand.org/mailman/listinfo/wackamole-users
>
> // Theo Schlossnagle
> // Principal[at]OmniTI : http://omniti.com
> // Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/
>
>
> <wack.problems>

// Theo Schlossnagle
// Principal[at]OmniTI: http://omniti.com
// Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/

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bennett.matthew at gmail

May 4, 2007, 2:13 PM

Post #5 of 6 (1125 views)
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Re: Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch [In reply to]

See attached.

On 5/4/07, Theo Schlossnagle <jesus[at]omniti.com> wrote:
>
> Looks like strace was run without -f. Please run it with -f so that
> it follows the child process that is spawned.
>
> On May 4, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
>
> > Theo,
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven't managed to
> > glean anything from the strace output, so it's attached. Hopefully
> > it's enlightening for you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Theo Schlossnagle <jesus[at]omniti.com> wrote: strace -f
> > the wackamole process (without the -d option). If you
> > can't figure out what the issue is by looking at the strace, then
> > mail the output to the list.
> >
> > On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
> >
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using
> > the
> > > standard distro install.
> > >
> > > Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
> > > omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
> > > command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
> > > start.
> > >
> > > My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this
> > before?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Matt.
> > > <wackamole.conf>
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > wackamole-users mailing list
> > > wackamole-users[at]lists.backhand.org
> > > http://lists.backhand.org/mailman/listinfo/wackamole-users
> >
> > // Theo Schlossnagle
> > // Principal[at]OmniTI : http://omniti.com
> > // Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/
> >
> >
> > <wack.problems>
>
> // Theo Schlossnagle
> // Principal[at]OmniTI: http://omniti.com
> // Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/
>
>

Attachments:

wack.problems (20.9 KB)

jesus at omniti

May 4, 2007, 2:16 PM

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Re: Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch [In reply to]

8927 open("/var/run/wackamole/wackamole.pid", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|
O_TRUNC|O_LARGEF
ILE, 0644) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

It tries to open the above file and fails... Then

8927 connect(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"}, 110) = 0
8927 send(4, "<29>May 4 21:06:01 wackamole[89"..., 91,
MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 91
8927 exit_group(0) = ?

It looks as if it writes something to syslog. Can you tail /var/log/
messages and read the error? I assume it is failing to start because
it can't write its PID file.

On May 4, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:

> See attached.
>
> On 5/4/07, Theo Schlossnagle <jesus[at]omniti.com> wrote: Looks like
> strace was run without -f. Please run it with -f so that
> it follows the child process that is spawned.
>
> On May 4, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
>
> > Theo,
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven't managed to
> > glean anything from the strace output, so it's attached. Hopefully
> > it's enlightening for you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Theo Schlossnagle < jesus[at]omniti.com> wrote: strace -f
> > the wackamole process (without the -d option). If you
> > can't figure out what the issue is by looking at the strace, then
> > mail the output to the list.
> >
> > On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
> >
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using
> > the
> > > standard distro install.
> > >
> > > Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
> > > omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
> > > command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
> > > start.
> > >
> > > My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this
> > before?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Matt.
> > > <wackamole.conf>
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > wackamole-users mailing list
> > > wackamole-users[at]lists.backhand.org
> > > http://lists.backhand.org/mailman/listinfo/wackamole-users
> >
> > // Theo Schlossnagle
> > // Principal[at]OmniTI : http://omniti.com
> > // Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/
> >
> >
> > <wack.problems>
>
> // Theo Schlossnagle
> // Principal[at]OmniTI: http://omniti.com
> // Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/
>
>
> <wack.problems>

// Theo Schlossnagle
// Principal[at]OmniTI: http://omniti.com
// Esoteric Curio: http://www.lethargy.org/~jesus/

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