Andrew, That's encouraging to hear that some of the bugs are worked out in the current CVS version. I think I'll give that code a try.
Thanks. --fred On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:44AM, Andrew A Rowley said: > Hi, > > We used to have this problem with the bridge, but we are now running some of > the CVS code for this, and it appears to be stable. We found the issue was > that the bridge appeared to be running out of ports (this would show up as a > NoFreePortsError showing up in the VenueClient.log file when the client tries > to use the bridge). This was because the bridge was not indicating that the > port was not in use when it detected the bridge process stopping. The only > difference between this and your problem was that the bridge continued to > show in the list in our case, so this may be a different problem... > > Regarding the problem with not having bridges listed, this will also be fixed > in the next version - all bridges will be listed with a cache and also a > choice of the ordering of the bridges. > > Andrew :) > > ============================================ > Access Grid Support Centre, > RSS Group, > Manchester Computing, > Kilburn Building, > University of Manchester, > Oxford Road, > Manchester, > M13 9PL, > UK > Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685 > Email: andrew.row...@manchester.ac.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On > > Behalf Of Jeremy Mann > > Sent: 26 April 2007 18:37 > > To: Eddy Diaz > > Cc: AG TECH > > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG3 Bridge issue > > > > Same problem for me with Slackware 11.0. Its an ongoing problem. I > > have to restart the Bridge, then restart the client several times > > before our bridge is shown. In the next release will there be an > > option to always use 1 bridge instead of having a list? > > > > > > On 4/26/07, Eddy Diaz <edd-d...@uniandes.edu.co> wrote: > > > I have the same problem with fedora core 4 and 6 > > > > > > Eddy Johel Diaz Murcia edd-d...@uniandes.edu.co > > > Estudiante de Maestría en Ingeniería de Sistemas y computación > > > Asistente graduado del Grupo IMAGINE Universidad de los Andes > > > Carrera 1 N° 18A-10 Bloque W, Bogotá, Colombia > > > Laboratorio de Informática Gráfica Teléfono: +57(1) 339 4949 Extensión > > 3462 > > > > > > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > > De: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] En > > nombre > > > de Fred Dech > > > Enviado el: Jueves, 26 de Abril de 2007 10:36 a.m. > > > Para: AG TECH > > > Asunto: [AG-TECH] AG3 Bridge issue > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I've been running a bridge on and off for some time and still run into > > > the same annoying issue. After the Bridge process runs for some period > > of > > > time and the amount of activity (Quickbridge processes spawned and > > > destroyed) > > > goes past a certain point, the Bridge stops functioning properly. It no > > > longer identifies itself to the registry and no new entries are added > > > to the log file. I've tried different FC5 and FC6 platforms, assuming > > that > > > this problem was machine specific, but this behavior has not changed. I > > > also tried running Bridge as root, thinking that I was running into some > > > kind > > > of restricted buffer limit. No difference. > > > > > > The last thing normally logged is some attempts to create new bridges: > > > 04/25/07 14:26:31 -1208707392 Toolkit Bridge:57 INFO Bridge > > request: > > > mcast 224.2.207.27 59822 > > > 04/25/07 14:26:31 -1208707392 Toolkit BridgeFactory.py:110 INFO > > Method > > > CreateBridge called > > > 04/25/07 14:26:31 -1208707392 Toolkit BridgeFactory.py:116 INFO > > > Allocated port = 50076 > > > 04/25/07 14:26:31 -1208707392 Toolkit BridgeFactory.py:123 INFO - > > using > > > existing bridge > > > > > > and the BridgeFactory uses an existing bridge. > > > > > > Then the last item in the log is usually the destruction of all the > > bridges. > > > After that the Bridge might as well not be running, because it doesn't > > show > > > up in the registry. > > > The only think to do at this point is to kill and restart the bridge. > > > > > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? > > > I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > --fred > > > > > > > >
