Re: [AOLSERVER] AS 4.0 beta 1 : 2 problems

2003-01-27 Thread Jamie Rasmussen
Regarding #2, did you change the config file to load the nsdb module in ns_section ns/server/$server/modules ? Jamie Jean-Fabrice RABAUTE wrote: Hi all, I just downloaded AS 4.0 beta 1 this week-end to make some tests. Here are the 2 problems I get with this new version : 1/ Unable to

Re: [AOLSERVER] AS 4.0 beta 1 : 2 problems

2003-01-27 Thread Elizabeth Thomas
Several folks are having issues with the configure and poll. The default compiler in the configure script is 'cc', which fails for a lot of environments, and the configure erroneously determines that poll is not available (which causes later problems in the compile.) You may want to try this

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Seena Kasmai
Hey Nathan! Hereis the simplified version of the code which shows how we are using ns_mutex in our application. Basically the proc A, is being called a lot( more than 100 times in a minute) across the applications, and proc B is scheduled to run every ~5 minutes. Here the primary reason for

Re: [AOLSERVER] AS 4.0 beta 1 : 2 problems

2003-01-27 Thread Jean-Fabrice RABAUTE
Thanks ! I is working with several warning, but working. Best regards. Jean-Fabrice RABAUTE Core Services http://www.core-services.fr Mob: +33 (0)6 13 82 67 67 -Message d'origine- De : AOLserver Discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Elizabeth Thomas Envoye : lundi 27

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Jim Wilcoxson
Put catches around your locked code and you may find a bug, for example, incrementing an array var that doesn't exist or unsetting an array var that doesn't exist. Without ns_mutex calls, the code may blow up but your server won't lock up. Jim This message is in MIME format. Since your mail

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Rich Fredericks
In a message dated 1/27/2003 11:21:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: proc_doc Y {} { ns_share counter_A ns_share counter_B ns_share counter_mutex ns_mutex lock $counter_mutex foreach i_index [array names counter_A] { set temp_counter_A($i_index)

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Seena Kasmai
Title: RE: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung Good point, but there are logics before these lines (I have take out, the actual code is couple pages but is pre-processing stuff and error checking) that takes care of the errors. I don't think exception/error is

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Richman
In a message dated 1/27/2003 10:43:28 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: foreach i_index [array names counter_A] { set temp_counter_A($i_index) $conter_A($i_index) set temp_counter_B($i_index) $conter_B($i_index) unset $conter_A($i_index) unset $conter_B($i_index) } Is

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Seena Kasmai
sorry, there is no $ sign in the actual code. So, is it worth trying to substitute ns_share with nvs stuff (nsv_set nsv_get) to see if the problem goes away ? Thanks, Seena -Original Message-From: Michael Richman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:50

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Andrew Piskorski
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:25:32PM -0500, Seena Kasmai wrote: So, is it worth trying to substitute ns_share with nvs stuff (nsv_set nsv_get) to see if the problem goes away ? Yes! With AOLserver 3.x or 4.x, you should always be using nsv instead of ns_share if you can. -- Andrew Piskorski

[AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Winkler
Hi! Is anyone using nsjava with aolserver 3.4+? I've compiled the module (after changing a few things in the makefiles). Now, when I'm starting up aolserver, it says: Error: startJvm: unable to get libjava.so library handle I followed the directions in the README file. I'm using SuSE 8.1 with

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Daniel C. Wickstrom
Wolfgang Winkler wrote: Hi! Is anyone using nsjava with aolserver 3.4+? I've compiled the module (after changing a few things in the makefiles). What did you change in the makefiles? Now, when I'm starting up aolserver, it says: Error: startJvm: unable to get libjava.so library handle I

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Rob Mayoff
+-- On Jan 27, Seena Kasmai said: sorry, there is no $ sign in the actual code. So, is it worth trying to substitute ns_share with nvs stuff (nsv_set nsv_get) to see if the problem goes away ? Your most effective action, if you want to maximize the utility of the advice from this

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Nathan Folkman
In a message dated 1/27/2003 12:32:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: sorry, there is no $ sign in the actual code. So, is it worth trying to substitute ns_share with nvs stuff (nsv_set nsv_get) to see if the problem goes away ? Thanks, Seena I would definitly recommend

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Winkler
Hi Dan! Taking a closer look at the configure output (below) it seems that my Java Environment isn't found properly, or am I missing something different? I had to change the INC direction in Makfile.global to: INC = -I/root/download/aolserver/3.4_patched/aolserver-3.4.2/include

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Dossy
On 2003.01.27, Wolfgang Winkler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A ./configure --with-aolserver-src=../aolserver-3.4.2 outputs: [...] It'd be handy if the nsjava configure script echoed the $JAVA_HOME setting ... I wonder if it was set when you ran the 'configure' script: checking for jdk version...

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Seena Kasmai
Title: RE: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung The error catching concept is definitely wise. In fact I'll go ahead and put those in. This code is sort of legacy and old but it's definitely worth revising it. The reason I don't see this might be the source of

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Nathan Folkman
In a message dated 1/27/2003 2:22:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Regarding the error handling in this code, as you see, the only thing is between the lock/unlock block is just incrementing the arrays, and also the database action takes places after unlocking. Since the

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Winkler
The $JDK_DIR var in the configure script is set to $JAVA_HOME. (/usr/lib/java). I've checked it already. It seems that configure doesn't recognize the right Java version. On Monday 27 January 2003 20:07, you wrote: On 2003.01.27, Wolfgang Winkler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A ./configure

[AOLSERVER] AOLServer 4.0 hanging when killed...

2003-01-27 Thread Jeff Davis
I have installed OpenACS with AOLServer 4.0beta1 and it all seems to work well. The only remaining issue I see is that when I kill the server it hangs at the check for event threads and never actually dies. It does not happen with 3.3+ad13 or 3.5.2 on the same server (well the same once nsdb.so

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLServer 4.0 hanging when killed...

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Jackson
Jeff, How are you controlling AOLserver shutdown? --Tom Jackson Jeff Davis wrote: I have installed OpenACS with AOLServer 4.0beta1 and it all seems to work well. The only remaining issue I see is that when I kill the server it hangs at the check for event threads and never actually dies. It

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLServer 4.0 hanging when killed...

2003-01-27 Thread Nathan Folkman
In a message dated 1/27/2003 3:36:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am not sure how to check what event threads it's actually waiting for so don't know how to track this down. Although I am willing to admit it's our fault and not aolserver's :) sounds like you might be

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Winkler
Now I've found out something interesting. My java installation isn't found because my JAVA_HOME points to /usr/lib/java instead of /usr/lib/java/ (note the trailing slash). The line JAVA_INCLUDE=`find $JDK_DIR -name jni.h | grep -vi old | sed -e 's/\/jni\.h//'` can't find anything because the

[AOLSERVER] AS 4.0 : How to stop the server

2003-01-27 Thread Jean-Fabrice RABAUTE
Hi, Testing the new AS 4.0 beta1, I don't know how to shutdown the server. With 3.2, I am using -K on the command line, but on 4.0 I am getting Error: invalid option: -K. If someone has the solution... Thanks ! Jean-Fabrice RABAUTE Core Services http://www.core-services.fr Mob: +33 (0)6 13 82

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Winkler
Aolserver bails out at this line in nsjava.c (around line number 205): Ns_ThreadCreate(startJvm, NULL, 0, jvm_thread); Has anyone an idea how this could be solved? Regards, wiwo -- Digital Concepts Ideen-Konzepte-Lösungen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.digital-concepts.com Mobil: +43 699 / 20 88 13 51

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLServer 4.0 hanging when killed...

2003-01-27 Thread Jim Wilcoxson
We have shutdown problems all the time with 3.4.2. Just another data point. Jim --part1_ab.2896ff19.2b66f56c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/27/2003 3:36:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I

[AOLSERVER] JVM Error

2003-01-27 Thread Alexander Leyke
Hello, I work on JK2 family module for AOLserver and use JNI to communicate with Tomcat, so the JVM is running inside the Web server process. I experience a problem with JVM 1.3.1 on Solaris 2.7/E250 and wonder if anyone else has encountered a similar issue. It manifests itself as JVM crashing,

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLServer 4.0 hanging when killed...

2003-01-27 Thread Jeff Davis
Nathan, I will check it out in the debugger. I tried to reproduce it just now, but after running for a few minutes (and a couple sceduled procs) it did not hang on shutdown. I will let it run for a while and see if it happens again (it had happened the last several times I restarted though). In

[AOLSERVER] Offtopic dumb security policy example, at um, aol

2003-01-27 Thread Jerry Asher
I decided to use a very old netscape mail account to send an anonymous anthrax warning (kidding). This is now run by aol. Anyway, I did appropriate things, found the account, logged in, and visited the options/preferences and changed the alternative email address from an address at an ISP that

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLServer 4.0 hanging when killed...

2003-01-27 Thread Jeff Davis
Well, waiting a while made it unstoppable... One thing that I noticed was this -sched:idle0- thread which was not there at the start and only showed up later. name parenttid flags ctime proc arg -conn:oatest4::0 -driver- 41010 Mon, 27 Jan 2003

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Seena Kasmai
Nathan - If you look at the code it does lock before attempting to any manipulation to that array. # ns_share counter_Ans_share counter_Bns_share -init { set counter_mutex [ns_mutex create] } counter_mutex proc X {i} { ns_share counter_Ans_share

Re: [AOLSERVER] ns_mutex is likely causing our AOL web server to hung

2003-01-27 Thread Nathan Folkman
In a message dated 1/27/2003 6:15:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan - If you look at the code it does lock before attempting to any manipulation to that array. Just making sure. ;-) Any luck with the nsv_incr approach or any more data from a server running with mutex

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsjava and aolserver 3.4.2

2003-01-27 Thread Dan Wickstrom
What does the backtrace look like in gdb? Regards, Dan Wolfgang Winkler wrote: Aolserver bails out at this line in nsjava.c (around line number 205): Ns_ThreadCreate(startJvm, NULL, 0, jvm_thread); Has anyone an idea how this could be solved? Regards, wiwo -- Digital Concepts

Re: [AOLSERVER] Offtopic dumb security policy example, at um, aol

2003-01-27 Thread Dossy
On 2003.01.27, Jerry Asher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was very surprised to find a new message, A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE, in that alternative email address's mailbox. I've attached it below. Jeez! Just what is this confirming? Think: Someone creates a Netscape mail account. They sign

Re: [AOLSERVER] Offtopic dumb security policy example, at um, aol

2003-01-27 Thread Jerry Asher
Dossy wrote: On 2003.01.27, Jerry Asher wrote: I was very surprised to find a new message, A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE, in that alternative email address's mailbox. I've attached it below. Jeez! Just what is this confirming? Think: Someone creates a Netscape mail account. They sign