Re: Wackamole fails silently without the -d switch

8927  open("/var/run/wackamole/wackamole.pid", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT| 
O_TRUNC|O_LARGEF
ILE, 0644) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

It tries to open the above file and fails...  Then

8927  connect(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"}, 110) = 0
8927  send(4, "<29>May  4 21:06:01 wackamole[89"..., 91,  
MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 91
8927  exit_group(0)                     = ?

It looks as if it writes something to syslog.  Can you tail /var/log/ 
messages and read the error?  I assume it is failing to start because  
it can't write its PID file.


On May 4, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:

> See attached.
>
> On 5/4/07, Theo Schlossnagle <[email protected]> wrote: Looks like  
> strace was run without -f.  Please run it with -f so that
> it follows the child process that is spawned.
>
> On May 4, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
>
> > Theo,
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven't managed to
> > glean anything from the strace output, so it's attached. Hopefully
> > it's enlightening for you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Theo Schlossnagle < [email protected]> wrote: strace -f
> > the wackamole process (without the -d option).  If you
> > can't figure out what the issue is by looking at the strace, then
> > mail the output to the list.
> >
> > On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Matt Bennett wrote:
> >
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble getting wackamole to run on Ubuntu Edgy, using
> > the
> > > standard distro install.
> > >
> > > Starting wackamole in debug mode, everything works perfectly. If I
> > > omit the -d switch, it fails silently. There are no errors on the
> > > command line, or logs that I can find, and the daemon just doesn't
> > > start.
> > >
> > > My config file is attached. Has anyone seen anything like this
> > before?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Matt.
> > > <wackamole.conf>
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> >
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> >
> >
> > <wack.problems>
>
> // Theo Schlossnagle
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>
>
> <wack.problems>

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