Re: [AOLSERVER] aolserver 3.x not running scheduled procs anymore

2006-10-18 Thread Dave Siktberg
Here is the message from five months ago that helped me get this fixed on my 3.x system: Forum: OpenACS QA Thread: ad_schedule_proc seems to be failing Author: Michael A. Cleverly Posted: 2006-05-23 12:53:52.861061-07 Let me try and explain: During AOLserver startup, if MaxOpen or MaxIdle is a

Re: [AOLSERVER] Something wrong after 2006-05-12 21:25 (was Re: Weird memory leak problem in AOLserver 3.4.2/3.x)

2006-05-17 Thread Dave Siktberg
SERVER #1 exhibiting the problem % info patchlevel 8.3.3 $ rpm -qa | grep glibc glibc-2.2.4-13 glibc-common-2.2.4-13 glibc-devel-2.2.4-13 $ uname -a Linux opus 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001 i686 unknown ns_info version: 3.3.1+ad13 -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To

Re: [AOLSERVER] Something wrong after 2006-05-12 21:25 (was Re: Weird memory leak problem in AOLserver 3.4.2/3.x)

2006-05-17 Thread Dave Siktberg
Great detective work! I assumed the watershed time would have this kind of characteristic. My timezone is Eastern Daylight, BTW. Dave Siktberg seems to have narrowed it down to 2006-05-12 21:25. In what timezone? It sound like that could equate to Sat May 13 02:27:28 BST 2006, or 1147483648

Re: [AOLSERVER] Weird memory leak problem in AOLserver 3.4.2/3.x

2006-05-16 Thread Dave Siktberg
Janine Sisk wrote: In addition to the below, there are at least two of us over at openacs.org reporting that scheduled procs stopped firing over the weekend. I have one site left on 3.3+ad13 and the other guy says he has 3.2+ad12. I have three servers running identical installations of

Re: [AOLSERVER] Weird memory leak problem in AOLserver 3.4.2/3.x

2006-05-16 Thread Dave Siktberg
Could this be an OS problem? In case this provides a clue, the dmesg entries for my two servers that have the problem are ... Linux version 2.4.7-10 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.96 2731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001 Linux version 2.4.20-18.7bigmem

Re: [AOLSERVER] Weird memory leak problem in AOLserver 3.4.2/3.x

2006-05-16 Thread Dave Siktberg
[listserv etiquette question: the topic of this thread no longer matches the title - should we change it to scheduled proc failures?] Progress report - Smoking gun found When I set my development server's system clock via the date command to 2006-05-12 21:28 and restart AOLServer, scheduled

[AOLSERVER] Dropping temporary tables from Postgres 7.1

2006-04-15 Thread Dave Siktberg
I use temporary tables in Postgres 7.1 (via select foo into temporary table bar). These are needed for a short time only. I expected they would periodically be deleted. In looking at my vacuum results, it appears they are persisting forever. I can't locate any instructions on how to remove

Re: [AOLSERVER] PostgreSQL near-lockups

2006-01-17 Thread Dave Siktberg
- Original Message - From: Don Baccus dhogaza@pacifier.com Enable PG logging and examine those logs, as well. I've taken a break to play with some PG logging on my development machine before doing the same on production -- getting some better instrumentation will be like turning on the

[AOLSERVER] PostgreSQL near-lockups

2006-01-16 Thread Dave Siktberg
to be a shorter wait if I do a restart each day, but I'm loathe to risk making the site unavailable for a long time even in the wee hours. Any idea what could cause this? How to fix it? A year ago I did not observe this behavior. Dave Siktberg -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLserver Core Team (ACT) Nominees

2002-11-18 Thread Dave Siktberg
Hi Nathan! These are six very strong-looking candidates - I wouldn't reject any of them. But we have to choose, so here goes: Dossy ShiobaraJeff HobbsScott GoodwinTom Jackson

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLserver Core Team (ACT) Nominees

2002-11-18 Thread Dave Siktberg
Oops .. and I don't even live in Florida.

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLserver Project Update

2002-11-07 Thread Dave Siktberg
to helping the AOLserver community as bestI can. We all will benefit from wider use of AOLserver and from the agenda items you laid out for the rest of this year. Dave Siktberg Webility Corporation

Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLserver Project Update

2002-11-07 Thread Dave Siktberg
structure changed, I dropped it. But it could well form a useful starting point now. Take a look at it here (no off-page links work): www.webility.md/aol-tcl-a.htm (not our AOLserver site) I'll volunteer to take it further if y'all think it's worth it. Dave Siktberg

Re: [AOLSERVER] Responding to SourceForge-generated mail

2002-10-22 Thread Dave Siktberg
decide to look further. That _is_ somewhat broke. Dave Siktberg Webility Corporation 3. Keep using the AOL listserv for most discussion, and use the SF listserv for just tracker announcements.

[AOLSERVER] Whither the tcl API documentation?

2002-09-19 Thread Dave Siktberg
My link to aolserver documentation ( www.aolserver.com/docs/devel/tcl/api/ ) no longer works - redirects to SourceForge which complains Invalid Project. Anyone know where I should look now? (Or should I just download the docs and reference them locally.) Thanks! Dave

Re: [AOLSERVER] Whither the tcl API documentation?

2002-09-19 Thread Dave Siktberg
More ... The redirect is broken - goes to http://sourceforge.net/projects/aolserverdocs/devel/tcl/api/ - note the typo. When I corrected and went to aolserver/docs/... I got the home page. Then clicked on Docs then on View Documentation, and I get a message saying This project has no

Re: [AOLSERVER] Seeking ns_cache configuration advice

2002-07-31 Thread Dave Siktberg
October 2000. I'll send it to anyone interested. Can someone put it onto the OpenACS server? Any reason not to? Dave Siktberg Call me dumb, but I just went to the AOL documentation page and still can't find anything on ns_cache. There are 4 ns_cache_

Re: [AOLSERVER] Seeking ns_cache configuration advice

2002-07-31 Thread Dave Siktberg
I looked in that tarball but not closely enough - though there are no files named nscache* or ns_cache*, there is a directory named nscache, and the key program file is named tclcache.c. a copy of nscache1.1 is included in the openacs's aolserver distribution, which is includes other aD

[AOLSERVER] nsv performance characteristics - nscache instead?

2002-01-09 Thread Dave Siktberg
I am using nsv arrays to hold session data across multiple page accesses, and to hold some relatively static widely-shared database data to avoid unnecessary database reads. Probably at any point in time there will be several hundred plus nsv arrays with a few K bytes in each, but I haven't

Re: [AOLSERVER] Critical filter failed

2002-01-07 Thread Dave Siktberg
The OpenACS system implements a filter manager, ad_register_filter, that sits on top of ns_register_filter and lets you set a priority number for each filter you register with it. The master filter (registered with ns_register_filter) applies each registered filter in turn in the order you

[AOLSERVER] Possible to get a list of defined keys of an nsv?

2002-01-05 Thread Dave Siktberg
I am using the nsv facility to store session data between connections. I am nervous that my tracking of each defined key may go awry, and I will wind up with a garbage collection problem - key/value pairs that I am unaware of. Is there a way to get a list of all keys defined for a given nsv

Re: [AOLSERVER] Possible to get a list of defined keys of an nsv?

2002-01-05 Thread Dave Siktberg
Try 'nsv_array names' instead of 'nsv_names'. Thanks - that does it! I notice that the current nsv documentation has some omissions and mistakes. Namely: 1) The list of commands at the top omits nsv_names - returns names of arrays matching a glob pattern. nsv_names * will return a list of

Re: [AOLSERVER] session and url tracking - just a weird thought

2001-12-26 Thread Dave Siktberg
You might benefit from a look at the arsDigita Community System security routines. In particular, ad-security.tcl implements a cookie-based mechanism for session IDs, including extensions to handle https. The session ID has several components, including a simple integer session number and a

Re: [AOLSERVER] nsv docs

2001-11-15 Thread Dave Siktberg
nsv docs are at http://www.aolserver.com/docs/devel/tcl/nsv-commands.adp -Original Message- From: AOLserver Discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Laplante Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AOLSERVER] nsv docs can someone point

[AOLSERVER] Newbie issue: How configure production / test / development environment?

2001-10-03 Thread Dave Siktberg
Development of my first site is well underway, and I am starting to think about production configuration issues. What's the best way to structure things so I can isolate development work and the testing thereof from the production system? To do orderly moveups from development to production?

Re: [AOLSERVER] Hm ... hm ... let's try again :-)

2001-09-26 Thread Dave Siktberg
I'm a relative newbie to AOLServer, but a developer for many years. All the evidence I see (developing our website, lurking on this listserve and others, reading Phil Greenspun's book, talking with aD developers, watching people develop on other platforms) says to me this is a good choice for