RE: {bb} more problems running bb on fedora core 4 system

["Gene Beaird" <bgbeaird@sbcglobal.net>]

Daniel,

 

Thanks for the reply.  I have cooled down a bit from this afternoon, so I can reply now.  While you may be right on the client and server part, I know I was at least trying to start the server part ($BBHOME/runbb.sh start).  When I previously tried to start the app, it kept complaining about not being able to find some scripts, namely bb, bb-cpu.sh, bb-disk.sh, bb-msgs.sh, bb-procs.sh, and another, which I forget.  All of these it was looking for in $BBHOME/bin.  They weren't there.  I _did_, however, find these scripts in the client /bin directory after compiling and running make install on the client part.  Not having any other recourse, I simply copied those scripts from the client/bin directory to $BBHOME/bin directory and tried to restart the server app.  That is when I got the CAN'T CONNECT TO... error.  So yeah, I was probably trying to start the server with the client scripts, but there weren't any server scripts to use.

 

There is something definitely wrong with the install.  I don't know if it is the system, a new Fedora Core 4 system running on a new HP DL320, patched as of last Thursday, or bb itself. 

 

I have since ripped everything out and started over again.  When I got to the 'make install' of the server app, I got the following errors:

 

bbd.c:1115:warning: pointer targets in passing argument 3 of 'accept' differ in signedness

bbd.c:1154:8:warning: extra tokens at end of # endif directive

bbd.c:1186:8:warning: extra tokens at end of # endif directive

 

Note that line 1154 and 1186 both have something to do with Zombies.

 

After unsuccessfully searching for a solution to the last two errors, I packed my stuff and went home for the day.

 

Thanks for the comments.  I have a friend who installed an earlier version without the client and server parts and he said it just worked.  Don't know where my problem is here.

 

Regards,

 

Gene Beaird

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bb@bb4.com [mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com]On Behalf Of Daniel O Winkless
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:23 PM
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Subject: Re: {bb} more problems running bb on fedora core 4 system

Hi Gene,

        I'm still using the C release of BB and I'm quite happy with it.  But, I've been reading about the later releases, the releases where BB is in two parts, the client part and the server part.

        I think the files you copied from the client tree are needed only on the client.  But here's where a lot of people seem to be confused with the new release:

A given computer can be: A BB client, A BB server, or BOTH

To be both, you have to install and configure both parts.  And you have to launch both parts.

        It sounds to me as if you have started only the client portion and there is no server running to receive the connections.

                        Dan

Gene Beaird <bgbeaird@sbcglobal.net>
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02/09/2006 02:53 PM

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NO firewall.  I made absolutely sure it was not set up at system  
install.  I verified it was NOT running again today.

Gene Beaird

On Feb 9, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Wade Kemp wrote:

> how about the firewall on the server, is it allowing traffic on the  
> port?
>
> Wade
>
> On Feb 9, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Gene Beaird wrote:
>
>> I went ahead through the directions and finished the install and  
>> configuration of our bb system.  I ran the bbchkcfg.sh and  
>> bbchkhosts.sh, and they tested okay, after I copied some missing  
>> shell scripts from the client install to the server install.  
>> These shell scripts, bb-combo, bb-dick, bb-cpu, bb-combo, bb-msgs,  
>> bb-proc, and I believe bb-display, were not in the /bin directory  
>> after running the make install script from the bbsvr-bb1.9i-
>> btf.tar file I downloaded.  Anyway, after copying these files over  
>> and starting bb, I get the following in BBOUT:
>>
>> Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 CST 2006: Starting Big Brother...
>>         Starting Local tests (bb-local)...
>> Big Brother 1.9i started
>> Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb-local.sh Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb  
>> CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd SERVER @ 192.168.0.52
>> Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb-local.sh Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb  
>> CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd SERVER @ 192.168.0.52
>> Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb-local.sh Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb  
>> CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd SERVER @ 192.168.0.52
>> Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb-local.sh Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb  
>> CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd SERVER @ 192.168.0.52
>> Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb-local.sh Thu Feb  9 14:19:32 2006 bb  
>> CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd SERVER @ 192.168.0.52
>>
>> I have checked everything I know to check.  EVERYTHING it chowned  
>> and chgrouped to the bbuser account and group.  I have verified  
>> several times that my $BBHOME are correct.  What else can I look for?
>>
>> Thank you.  I'm about to rip everything out and start again.  This  
>> sux!
>>
>> Gene Beaird
>>
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