Tex, thank you for the explanation. Yes, the entire box was unresponsive, both locally and remotely. No, we didn't have the Java client running.
Oh well, it will remain a mystery for now. I'll continue to lobby for a newer, better box. That Xserve has already had a full life. The boss wants me to virtualize it on one of the blade systems, but then we lose the ability to keep it running when nothing else is! Thanks, Randy Millsop ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tex Clayton" <[email protected]> To: "InterMapper Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:10:10 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IM-Talk] InterMapper 5.1.3 is available On Jun 16, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Randy Millsop wrote: > Good day, Janice. > > I have a question about one of the fixes listed below, specifically, > "Added a workaround for a bug that causes repeated sounds to hang > the sound subsystem on OS X." I'm wondering if this could have been > causing our server to lock up, requiring a forced reset. The OS X > log files never indicated a specific problem, so I assume the cause > hung the system without any trace of itself in the logs. I'll be > real happy to have a possible explanation:-) The bug in Apple's Java code only affected sounds and only affected the Java client. When 'the sound subsystem' hung, the Java application would no longer play any sounds (it was stuck waiting for a sound to finish before starting a new one). We don't have any reason to believe that it would cause a hard freeze of the entire OS. > > Here's the history: > First, the 'server' is typically on logged in to a user account for > the purpose of doing updates, though our operations staff my have > logged in and never logged off. The only time IM was actually > opened on the server was to test it immediately following an update. > All IM user activity is done via IM Remote and the web. > Up until V5.0, the server was on a dual 1.25 Ghz G4 tower, mirrored > disks, 1.5 Mb RAM, OS 10.4, and never hiccuped. > Beginning with v5.0 and pre-release NetFlow, I moved to an Xserve, > OS 10.4 server, dual 1.33 G4, 2 Gb RAM, 4 disk RAID. > I installed all Intermapper and Apple updates as they were > released. By IM 5.1 it had hung 3 times, and then had trouble > booting. I had to reinstall the operating system to get it to boot, > so I opted to install OS 10.4 desktop instead of server. It has > since hung 4 times. When you say 'it had hung', you mean the OS running the InterMapper server became unresponsive? It sounds like you did not have the Java InterMapper client running locally on that machine, so this bug could not have had any effect on it. -Tex Clayton Dartware, LLC http://www.dartware.com ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]
