Re: WebDNA quitting

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 70163
interpreted = N
texte = Biggest ErrorLog.txt file = 800KB, .debug file = 69 MB (last few days only - not informative until next outage) Time is synced to time server continuously. Both WebCatalog and WebDNAMadonitor are in top. Running ps -xa | grep Web* returns: 4745 std- S 0:00.01 /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ WebCatalogEngine/WebDNAMonitor 4746 std- S 5:41.26 WebCatalog -m I'm the only author of code so I'm looking at recently added or changed code, but nothing is obvious - all pages are hit many times a day, according to the access log, without an outage occurring and the blam - once a week or so, the process stops. Could still be the code, I guess. I haven't been on the list for a long time so I searched the archives, but that only pulled up threads from 2005 and earlier, and this one. Thank you for thinking about this. Dave On Apr 15, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Dave Hurley wrote: >> I've searched the archives and gleaned what I can from them but >> I'm still stumped. I've had WebDNA 5.1g running on an Xserve/OS >> 10.2/apache 1.3 for years without a problem. Suddenly, I've had >> the WebDNA process quit six times in the last 5 weeks. I've set >> debugging and error logging on but neither they nor the apache >> access_log point to any specific file. >> I'm certainly willing to accept that it's something in my code, >> but without the logs pointing to a common file I'm not sure where >> to look next. >> Any suggestions? >> Thank you so much. >> Dave Hurley >> Biology Department >> University of Washington > > > Dave, do you have any logs that have exceeded 2GB's?... more > specifically, > What is the size of your ErrorLog.txt file? > > Do you see two webdna processes in top? (the monitor and the > webcatalog > processes). > > Does your OS Date/Time clock sync with an outside Date/Time server? > > Is this a server where users are alterning the code... in other words, > is there a chance that any new webdna code has been added since the > problems > started. > > Lastly, > Have you see the recent posts about such issues? I've been running > around this last couple weeks so I haven't had a chance to look at > all the reports, but there has been quite a lot of info in the last > week or two regarding server problems. > > Donovan > > > > -- > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > DONOVAN D. BROOKE EUCA Design Center > <- Web Development, DTP, Consulting, and Labels -> > <- Fabricated Art (Metal, Glass, Kustom Paint) -> > PH:> (608) 770-3822 | FAX:>(608) 291-2024 > WEB:> http://www.euca.us & http://www.egg.bz > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WebDNA Quitting ( Chris 2008)
  2. WebDNA Quitting ( Colin Sidwell 2008)
  3. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Dave Hurley 2008)
  4. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Chris 2008)
  5. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Donovan Brooke 2008)
  6. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Dave Hurley 2008)
  7. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Dave Hurley 2008)
  8. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Colin Sidwell 2008)
  9. Re: WebDNA quitting ( Donovan Brooke 2008)
  10. WebDNA quitting ( Dave Hurley 2008)
Biggest ErrorLog.txt file = 800KB, .debug file = 69 MB (last few days only - not informative until next outage) Time is synced to time server continuously. Both WebCatalog and WebDNAMadonitor are in top. Running ps -xa | grep Web* returns: 4745 std- S 0:00.01 /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ WebCatalogEngine/WebDNAMonitor 4746 std- S 5:41.26 WebCatalog -m I'm the only author of code so I'm looking at recently added or changed code, but nothing is obvious - all pages are hit many times a day, according to the access log, without an outage occurring and the blam - once a week or so, the process stops. Could still be the code, I guess. I haven't been on the list for a long time so I searched the archives, but that only pulled up threads from 2005 and earlier, and this one. Thank you for thinking about this. Dave On Apr 15, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Dave Hurley wrote: >> I've searched the archives and gleaned what I can from them but >> I'm still stumped. I've had WebDNA 5.1g running on an Xserve/OS >> 10.2/apache 1.3 for years without a problem. Suddenly, I've had >> the WebDNA process quit six times in the last 5 weeks. I've set >> debugging and error logging on but neither they nor the apache >> access_log point to any specific file. >> I'm certainly willing to accept that it's something in my code, >> but without the logs pointing to a common file I'm not sure where >> to look next. >> Any suggestions? >> Thank you so much. >> Dave Hurley >> Biology Department >> University of Washington > > > Dave, do you have any logs that have exceeded 2GB's?... more > specifically, > What is the size of your ErrorLog.txt file? > > Do you see two webdna processes in top? (the monitor and the > webcatalog > processes). > > Does your OS Date/Time clock sync with an outside Date/Time server? > > Is this a server where users are alterning the code... in other words, > is there a chance that any new webdna code has been added since the > problems > started. > > Lastly, > Have you see the recent posts about such issues? I've been running > around this last couple weeks so I haven't had a chance to look at > all the reports, but there has been quite a lot of info in the last > week or two regarding server problems. > > Donovan > > > > -- > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > DONOVAN D. BROOKE EUCA Design Center > <- Web Development, DTP, Consulting, and Labels -> > <- Fabricated Art (Metal, Glass, Kustom Paint) -> > PH:> (608) 770-3822 | FAX:>(608) 291-2024 > WEB:> http://www.euca.us & http://www.egg.bz > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Dave Hurley

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