Hi Raymond, On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 02:55:29PM -0400, Raymond Flanery wrote: > If i try to exectute > > collectd -T
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:56:40PM -0400, Raymond Flanery wrote: > Florian Forster wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 02:55:29PM -0400, Raymond Flanery wrote: > >> May 21 14:52:54 node250 collectd[23920]: No read-functions are registered. > >> May 21 14:52:54 node250 collectd[23920]: Exiting normally. > >> May 21 14:52:54 node250 collectd[23920]: gmond plugin: Stopping receive > >> thread. > >> > >> Am I wrong in thinking that the gmond plugin is a read-function? > > > > Yes, the gmond plugin doesn't have a receive function, because it gets > > its data "asynchronously". It starts a new thread which waits for > > incoming network packages and dispatches them whenever it receives any. > > There is no "read function" which needs to be called periodically. > What you say makes sense about the plugin, however the other messages > that follow lead me to believe that the gmond plugin ceases to function > because of it. This of course would be something for me to worry about > since I need it to collect the mcast data. That's caused by the '-T' command line option, which tells collectd to call all read callbacks once and then terminate. This is meant to be used, e.g., to test a configuration for errors. What did you expect that option to do? HTH, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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