Re: [WebDNA] crashing loop - SOLVED

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2011


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 106683
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texte = A re-installation of WebDNA did not fix this problem, but manually = deleting the doc root/Webcatalog and cgi-bin/WebcatalogEngine = directories and then running the installer fixed the issue. On May 26, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Dave Hurley wrote: > Apologies for cross-posting with the forum. >=20 > After years of running WebDNA reliably, I'm suddenly confronted with = crashing behavior that I can't seem to fix. I'm running WebDNA 6.2 on = Mac OS X Server 10.6.7. After creating some scripts with SQL commands I = managed to cause the process to crash and restart many times per second, = which consumes almost 100% of the CPU and returns a "Sorry WebDNA server = not running" error when pages are hit. Killing and starting the process = doesn't fix the problem, nor does restarting Apache or rebooting the = server.=20 >=20 > If I watch the system log in Console, I see the WebDNAMonitor process = report that the WebDNA process is alive. Then it's dead. Then it's = restarted. Then it receives a SIGBUS. Repeat infinitely or until I stop = the process manually. It's very reproducible. >=20 > The suspect code is no longer on the server so that's not the problem = anymore. The only WebDNA code on the server now are files that have been = stable and unchanged for over a year. >=20 > I've had similar problems only one or two other times in 8 years, so = I'm shocked that a clean reinstall of webDNA doesn't fix the problem as = it has in the past.=1D=1D=1D=1D >=20 >=20 > Any suggestions? >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Dave Hurley > Manager of Departmental Computing > Biology Department > University of Washington = = = --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] crashing loop - SOLVED (Dave Hurley 2011)
A re-installation of WebDNA did not fix this problem, but manually = deleting the doc root/Webcatalog and cgi-bin/WebcatalogEngine = directories and then running the installer fixed the issue. On May 26, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Dave Hurley wrote: > Apologies for cross-posting with the forum. >=20 > After years of running WebDNA reliably, I'm suddenly confronted with = crashing behavior that I can't seem to fix. I'm running WebDNA 6.2 on = Mac OS X Server 10.6.7. After creating some scripts with SQL commands I = managed to cause the process to crash and restart many times per second, = which consumes almost 100% of the CPU and returns a "Sorry WebDNA server = not running" error when pages are hit. Killing and starting the process = doesn't fix the problem, nor does restarting Apache or rebooting the = server.=20 >=20 > If I watch the system log in Console, I see the WebDNAMonitor process = report that the WebDNA process is alive. Then it's dead. Then it's = restarted. Then it receives a SIGBUS. Repeat infinitely or until I stop = the process manually. It's very reproducible. >=20 > The suspect code is no longer on the server so that's not the problem = anymore. The only WebDNA code on the server now are files that have been = stable and unchanged for over a year. >=20 > I've had similar problems only one or two other times in 8 years, so = I'm shocked that a clean reinstall of webDNA doesn't fix the problem as = it has in the past.=1D=1D=1D=1D >=20 >=20 > Any suggestions? >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Dave Hurley > Manager of Departmental Computing > Biology Department > University of Washington = = = --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Dave Hurley

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