Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:16:32 -0000 (GMT) From: David Marsh <drmarsh@bigfoot.com> To: John Saunders <john.saunders@scitec.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: leafnode has died on me, can anybody help? Message-ID: <XFMail.981116201632.drmarsh@bigfoot.com> In-Reply-To: <003801be1108$01485240$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au>
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Hi John, [Also cc'ed to -newbies for information as the troubleshooting advice given might prove to be a useful little learning experience] On 16-Nov-98, John Saunders wrote: >> ..and the following error in my console window: >> >> Nov 15 23:55:29 trek /kernel: pid 413 (leafnode), uid 8: exited >> on signal 11 >> >> Trying to run the leafnode program itself (as root) results in >> Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > Sounds like either a disk space problem or possibly corrupted > files in the news spool. A-ha.. Thanks for the tip. I took a guess and examined the groupinfo file: it turns out it had been corrupted and truncated (presumably due to running out of disk space during a rewrite). I renamed it, and restarted leafnode, which then happily retrieved a new newsgroup list from my ISP. :-) It seems a little ungraceful for a program to die horribly in such a circumstance, rather than return an error message, though! Everything seems fine again now, thanks! Apologies for troubling -questions with something that (with a bit of forethought on my part) I ought to have been able to sort out for myself. I just got a little panicked at the thought of being without news: sad, huh? * Lesson for myself for today: if something breaks, check out the config files first, before panicking.. > Have you tried using ktrace on the > program. i.e. > ># ktrace leafnode > [enter commands that make it crash] ># kdump > > P.S. You need "option KTRACE" in your kernel config file. Thanks, I'll bear that tip in mind for future use. This wasn't a feature I was aware of. I guess I'd need a kernel recompile to enable that feature, so I may pass just for now.. Regards, Dave. --- David Marsh,drmarsh@bigfoot.com | http://www.doko.freeserve.co.uk/ | Glasgow/Glaschu, Scotland. *If urgent, phone: +44 141 400-0577*| >CYCLEWAY: cycle activism GB/IE: http://www.doko.freeserve.co.uk/cycleway/<; >includes bikes on public transport, & cycle organisation directories< To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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