Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-12 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 08:52:59PM -0400, Fred Smith (fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 10:16:35AM +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:57:45PM -0400, Fred Smith > > (fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us) wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > Late to the

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-11 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 10:16:35AM +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:57:45PM -0400, Fred Smith > (fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us) wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product > > I "own" at work. It's a C program,

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-11 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:57:45PM -0400, Fred Smith (fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us) wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product > I "own" at work. It's a C program, built on CentOS, runs on CentOs or > RHEL, has been in circulation since the early

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-09 Thread Young, Gregory
Smith Sent: August 8, 2019 7:48 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing... On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 05:06:06PM +, Young, Gregory wrote: > Is this on both EL6 and EL7? If only EL7, it could be control groups causing > the issue. The idea of cgroups is t

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-08 Thread Fred Smith
it thinks the program is killing itself, but as the guy who wrote it, I don't think so. the script can be seen below in earlier mail. As for if it also fails on C6, I don't know. I've asked our support team to see if they have a C6/EL6 customer who will let them install the latest version for 6 and

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-08 Thread Young, Gregory
own. Gregory Young -Original Message- From: CentOS On Behalf Of Fred Smith Sent: August 7, 2019 1:39 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing... On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:57:45PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm stuck on something rea

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 13:38:54 -0400 Fred Smith wrote: > So,... now I'm wondering how one figures that out. Since it's your program you have the source code. printf is your friend. Start adding printf statements (to console and/or to a file at your option) with status reports ("widget counting

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:57:45PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product > I "own" at work. It's a C program, built on CentOS, runs on CentOs or > RHEL, has been in circulation since the early 00's, is in use at > hundreds of

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 09:02:37PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > On Aug 6, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > > > Setting up as you described earlier, is there a way to allow only > > a single program to drop core? > > Of course. > > The * in the limits.d file is a “domain” value you can

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Warren Young
On Aug 6, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > Setting up as you described earlier, is there a way to allow only > a single program to drop core? Of course. The * in the limits.d file is a “domain” value you can adjust to suit:

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Fred Smith
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 03:18:06PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > On Aug 6, 2019, at 7:59 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 05:27:54AM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > >> On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) > >

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Warren Young
On Aug 6, 2019, at 7:59 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 05:27:54AM -0600, Warren Young wrote: >> On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> >>> no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) > > yeah, I meant "ulimit -c unlimited" is in effect. That only affects the shell

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Fred Smith
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 03:49:29PM +, James Pearson wrote: > Fred Smith wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product > > I "own" at work. It's a C program, built on CentOS, runs on CentOs or > > RHEL, has been in circulation since the

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread James Pearson
Fred Smith wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product > I "own" at work. It's a C program, built on CentOS, runs on CentOs or > RHEL, has been in circulation since the early 00's, is in use at > hundreds of sites. > > recently, at multiple

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Fred Smith
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 05:27:54AM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > > > no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) yeah, I meant "ulimit -c unlimited" is in effect. I had no idea systemd had made such a drastic change. or is it that someone at RH

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Simon Matter via CentOS
Wow, thanks for the detailed recipe! How did we deserve this when it was so easy in the past :-) > On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith > wrote: >> >> no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) > > That’s nowhere near sufficient. To restore classic core file dumps on > CentOS 7, you must: > >

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Warren Young
On Aug 6, 2019, at 5:35 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > > On Tue, 2019-08-06 at 05:27 -0600, Warren Young wrote: >> On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) >> >> That’s nowhere near sufficient. To restore classic core file dumps >> on CentOS 7, you

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Pete Biggs
On Tue, 2019-08-06 at 05:27 -0600, Warren Young wrote: > On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) > > That’s nowhere near sufficient. To restore classic core file dumps > on CentOS 7, you must: > I was under the impression that a SIGKILL

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-06 Thread Warren Young
On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > no core file (yes, ulimit is configured) That’s nowhere near sufficient. To restore classic core file dumps on CentOS 7, you must: 1. Remove Red Hat’s ABRT system, which wants to catch all of this and handle it directly. Say something like

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-05 Thread R C
of a memory shortage. From: CentOS on behalf of Fred Smith Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2019 10:57 AM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] another bizarre thing... Hi all! I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product I "own&q

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-05 Thread Fred Smith
uns and there's no evidence of a memory shortage. > > From: CentOS on behalf of Fred Smith > > Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2019 10:57 AM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] another bizarre thing... > > Hi all! > > I'm stuck

Re: [CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-05 Thread Grant Street
To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] another bizarre thing... Hi all! I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product I "own" at work. It's a C program, built on CentOS, runs on CentOs or RHEL, has been in circulation since the early 00's, is in use at hundred

[CentOS] another bizarre thing...

2019-08-05 Thread Fred Smith
Hi all! I'm stuck on something really bizarre that is happening to a product I "own" at work. It's a C program, built on CentOS, runs on CentOs or RHEL, has been in circulation since the early 00's, is in use at hundreds of sites. recently, at multiple customer sites it has started just going