Sometimes I just need to read my own posts! Sorry about that, forgot that one had been the test
Sebastian Harl wrote: > 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 > > -- Raymond E. Flanery, Jr. GIST Group, ORNL 865.574.0630 _______________________________________________ collectd mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd
