[collectd] attempting to use gmond plugin with collectd

[Florian Forster]

Hi Raymond,

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:19:51PM -0400, Raymond Flanery wrote:
> […] The only plugins I have turned on are syslog, gmond and csv. if I
> start collectd the records in syslog look like the following:
> 
> collectd[18878]: Initialization complete, entering read-loop.
> collectdmon[18852]: Warning: collectd terminated with exit status 127
> collectdmon[18852]: Warning: restarting collectd

That sounds like collectd is crashing, likely due to a bug in the gmond
plugin. Since that plugin is probably not the most widely used one, even
obvious bugs in that plugin are possible :(

It looks like you're using a Debian package. Could you please install
the "collectd-dbg" package (which provides the debugging symbols) and
enable the creation of "core dumps" by setting
  ENABLE_COREFILES=1
in /etc/default/collectd. When collectd crashes after an
  /etc/init.d/collectd restart
it should create a core dump in the working directory of the daemon,
usually
  /var/lib/collectd

If you're using either x86 or x86_64, it's enough if you could provide
that core file to me. If you use another architecture, a stack backtrace
would be very useful.

I've just created a wiki page, "Core file" [0], which describes the
debugging process in some more detail. It'd be great if you would follow
that, provide that core file or stack backtrace and tell me if the
instructions are understandable. :)

Regards,
—octo

[0] <http://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Core_file>
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