You might try compiling check_ping --without-ipv6, that solved a different problem for me that I was experiencing with check_ping. Also have a read of this thread:
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=14887381 "it had to do with the ipv6 host check, where it would check whether or not the host is an IPv6 address, by calling a getaddrinfo(), and that would take long enough that SIGALRM would be tripped, and child_process was NULL at that point." -mike On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Jay Chandler wrote: > My apologies if this has already been discussed here-- a cursory > search > of the archives didn't turn up much. > > The issue is discussed at > http://www.meulie.net/portal_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php? > 7842.last > and my installation started throwing this error a couple hours ago > after > a few weeks of trouble free running. I restarted the Nagios > service and > haven't had a recurrance since, but has anyone else experienced this? > The OS is FreeBSD 6.1 with Nagios installed from the ports tree. > > Thanks very much in advance-- any other information I can provide, > will be! > > -- > Jay Chandler > Network Administrator, Chapman University > 714.628.7249 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Today's Excuse: The co-locator cannot verify the frame-relay > gateway to the ISDN server. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
