[collectd] read-function of plugin `swap' failed ?

[Bruno Prémont]

Hi,

On Mon, 27 February 2012 O G <otis_junk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello from a happy Collectd user.
>  
> I'm seeing the following in collectd.log on some of the machines where collectd is running:
>  
> [2012-02-27 15:38:07] read-function of plugin `swap' failed. Will suspend it for 20 seconds.
> [2012-02-27 15:38:27] read-function of plugin `swap' failed. Will suspend it for 40 seconds.
> [2012-02-27 15:39:07] read-function of plugin `swap' failed. Will suspend it for 80 seconds.
> [2012-02-27 15:40:27] read-function of plugin `swap' failed. Will suspend it for 160 seconds.
> [2012-02-27 15:43:07] read-function of plugin `swap' failed. Will suspend it for 320 seconds.
> [2012-02-27 15:48:27] read-function of plugin `swap' failed. Will suspend it for 640 seconds.
>  
> I Googled before posting and checked Collectd FAQ, but found nothing :(
>  
> This is collectd 4.10.1 on Ubuntu 11.04.

Maybe you just don't have swap active on those systems?

Bruno


> Thanks,
> Otis