RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 4)
2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP=20

Also is there a way to add multiple entries to a spec file ? The newer
F5 BigIP (1500) are some form of linux, the sysDescr.0 is:

Linux Server.Domain.com 2.4.21-9.1.0.3.0smp #2 SMP Wed May 18 02:11:03
PDT 2005 i686

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li...=20
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf=20
> Of Aiello, Steve (GE, Corporate, consultant)
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 7:54 PM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
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>=20
> I am experiencing the same issue of: "Can't fork:=20
> Inappropriate ioctl for device".
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> Also I am testing against an old BigIP (4.2 PTF 9), and the=20
> Connects test is not coming up with valid data. It displays as:
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> Connection statistics:
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> Active connections:
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> Active client connections      : Unknown
> Active server connections      : Unknown
> Active pva client connections  : Unknown
> Active pva server connections  : Unknown
> Active ssl native connections  : Unknown
> Active ssl compat connections  : Unknown
> Total active connections       : No data
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> New Connections:
> New client connections/sec     : No data
> New server connections/sec     : No data
> New pva client connections/sec : No data
> New pva server connections/sec : No data
> New ssl native connections/sec : No data
> New ssl compat connections/sec : No data
> Total new connections          : Bad data
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> Throughput:
> Client bits in/sec             : Bad data
> Client bits out/sec            : Bad data
> Server bits in/sec             : Bad data
> Server bits out/sec            : Bad data
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> Http connections:
> Total http requests            : Unknown
> Http requests/sec              : No data
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> Devmon.log logs the following:
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> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for ramCacheUtil on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for=20
> clientBytesOut on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No=20
> SNMP data found for pvaClientTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for memUsed on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for=20
> sslNativeTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No=20
> SNMP data found for sslCompatCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for serverBytesIn on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for=20
> pvaServerCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No=20
> SNMP data found for sslCompatTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for clientTotCon on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for=20
> serverBytesOut on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No=20
> SNMP data found for clientBytesIn on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for httpReqs on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for=20
> serverCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP=20
> data found for sslNativeCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for pvaClientCurCon on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for=20
> clientCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP=20
> data found for pvaServerTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] No SNMP data found for serverTotCon on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data for=20
> pvaClientTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant=20
> find snmp data for clientBytesOut on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data for clientTotCon on=20
> F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data for=20
> serverTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant=20
> find snmp data for pvaServerTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data for sslNativeTotCon=20
> on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data=20
> for sslCompatTotCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38]=20
> Data type mismatch for clientNewCon on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch=20
> for serverNewCon on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch=20
> for pvaClientNewCon on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch=20
> for pvaServerNewCon on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch=20
> for sslNativeNewCon on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch=20
> for sslCompatNewCon on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch=20
> for clientBitsOut on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data=20
> for clientCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38]=20
> Cant find snmp data for serverCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data for pvaClientCurCon=20
> on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data=20
> for pvaServerCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38]=20
> Cant find snmp data for sslNativeCurCon on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data for sslCompatCurCon=20
> on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data=20
> for serverBytesOut on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38]=20
> Cant find snmp data for clientBytesIn on F5-BigIP.host.com=20
> [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data type mismatch for clientBitsIn on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data=20
> for httpReqs on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38] Data=20
> type mismatch for serverBitsOut on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex=20
> '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$' [06-02-27@19:44:38] Cant find snmp data=20
> for serverBytesIn on F5-BigIP.host.com [06-02-27@19:44:38]=20
> Data type mismatch for serverBitsIn on
> F5-BigIP.host.com: 'No data' does not match regex '^[-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?$'
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev...@li...
> > [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf=20
> > Of Schwimmer, Eric E *HS
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:24 PM
> > To: dev...@li...
> > Subject: RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
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> >=20
> >=20
> > Okay, engaging 'wild guessing' mode.
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> > Did you, by any chance, compile your own gcc on this machine?
> > If not, are you running the latest and greatest gcc=20
> > (3.2.3-53) on it?  After browsing online for a bit apparently=20
> > some people on RHEL3 had a problem applications balking at=20
> > forks with that error.
> >=20
> > Have you tried running devmon in the foreground (./devmon -vv
> > -f)? If that works, try suspending it and resuming it in the=20
> > background. (^Z and then "bg").  If that works, I guess you=20
> > could bypass Devmon's fork subroutine by asking it to run in=20
> > the foreground, but causing your shell to background it, ie:
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> > myhost# ./devmon -f &
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> > -Eric Schwimmer
> > Network Engineer
> > UVA HSCS Network Engineering
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev...@li...
> > > [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf
> > > Of Craig Boyce
> > > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:50 PM
> > > To: dev...@li...
> > > Subject: RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > >=20
> > > Hi Eric,
> > >=20
> > > I do not have SELinux.
> > > I am running it as root for now.
> > > The only entries in messages is the Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > > messages.
> > >=20
> > > Craig
> > >=20
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Schwimmer, Eric E *HS=20
> [mailto:EE...@hs...]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 8:43 a.m.
> > > To: Craig Boyce
> > > Subject: RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Strange;  I've tested it on an RE2 box and it worked okay.
> > >=20
> > > A few more questions:
> > > Is this machine running SELinux?
> > > What user are you running Devmon as?
> > > Are there any odd messages in the /var/log/messages file? =20
> > >=20
> > > -Eric
> > >=20
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: dev...@li...
> > > > [mailto:dev...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of=20
> > > > Craig Boyce
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:07 PM
> > > > To: dev...@li...
> > > > Subject: RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > > >=20
> > > > Hi Eric,
> > > >=20
> > > > It is RedHat Enterprise Release 3, Kernel 2.4.21-32.EL
> > > >=20
> > > > Thanks
> > > >=20
> > > > Craig
> > > >=20
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: dev...@li...
> > > > [mailto:dev...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of=20
> > > > Schwimmer, Eric E *HS
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 7:46 a.m.
> > > > To: dev...@li...
> > > > Subject: RE: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > > What OS is this running on?
> > > >=20
> > > > -Eric
> > > >=20
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: dev...@li...
> > > > > [mailto:dev...@li...] On
> > Behalf Of
> > > > > Craig Boyce
> > > > > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:44 PM
> > > > > To: dev...@li...
> > > > > Subject: [Devmon] Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >=20
> > > > > I have installed Devmon but when I start devmon it failes
> > > with the
> > > > > following error
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Can't fork: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > > > >=20
> > > > > The log file I created in /var/log is also empty, Could
> > this be a
> > > > > permissions issue
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> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Craig Boyce
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