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Bria, Your ldm queue is too small, it should be at least 64 megabytes. The following url has instructions for making the queue larger: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/ldm/2827 Robb... On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Brian Colle wrote: > > Dear Robb and Steve, > > I figured out the problems with my ldm-mcidas interface (see message > below). Your email help page assisted me in putting the ROUTE.SYS > in the right path. > > As far as I can see most stuff is working. I am still getting some > weird messages in my log file which build up with time?? Brian... > > Apr 14 16:27:17 cyclone pqact[25946]: child 2951 exited with status 127 > Apr 14 16:28:26 cyclone pqact[25946]: pbuf_flush (28) write: Broken pipe > Apr 14 16:28:26 cyclone pqact[25946]: pipe_dbufput: > /usr/local/ldm/decoders/ldmConnect-e.zone9904data/gempak/nwx/pubprod/zone > write er > Apr 14 16:28:26 cyclone pqact[25946]: pipe_prodput: trying again > Apr 14 16:28:26 cyclone pqact[25946]: child 2957 exited with status 127 > Apr 14 16:28:26 cyclone pqact[25946]: child 2959 exited with status 127 > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: pbuf_flush (28) write: Broken pipe > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: pipe_dbufput: > -closedisc_reportKPDThtml/disc_report.html write error > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: pipe_prodput: trying again > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: pbuf_flush (28) write: Broken pipe > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: pipe_dbufput: > -closedisc_reportKPDThtml/disc_report.html write error > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: child 2962 exited with status 1 > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: child 2961 exited with status 1 > Apr 14 16:28:27 cyclone pqact[25946]: child 2963 exited with status 127 > Apr 14 16:28:36 cyclone redwood[25950]: Deleting oldest to make space 4776 > bytes > Apr 14 16:28:36 cyclone redwood[25950]: Deleting oldest to make space 5856 > bytes > Apr 14 16:28:36 cyclone redwood[25950]: Deleting oldest to make space 6400 > bytes > Apr 14 16:28:39 cyclone redwood[25950]: Deleting oldest to make space 4776 > bytes > Apr 14 16:28:41 cyclone redwood[25950]: Deleting oldest to make space 6400 > bytes > > > On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Brian Colle wrote: > > > > > Dear Robb, > > > > Creating those GEMPAK directories has seemed to help. Thanks. > > > > This afternoon I have been trying get the ldm-mcidas batch.k to fire up. > > Once again I copied the one from Washington and changed the MCPATH,MCGUI, > > and MCDATA paths in the .login. I also edited the batch.k in > > ldm-mcidas/bin to match the ldm settings. I shutdown the ldm and > > restarted, but nothing seems to happen (no batch.log file). Is there > > another setup file that I need? > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Brian > > > > > > > Brian, > > > > > > I logged into your machine and found some missing directories. > > > Some of the gempak decoders create their own directories, others not. I > > > created the data/gempak/surface dir and files started to appear. I > > > suggest that you scan your pqact.conf file and create the needed dirs and > > > then let see if other errors arise. > > > > > > Robb... > > > > > > I cc the gempak support > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Plus, there are a lot of other error messages in the rapidly building > > > > log > > > > file (some related to the GEMPAK problem): > > > > Apr 12 20:07:07 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3110 terminated by signal 6 > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pbuf_flush (12) write: Broken pipe > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pipe_dbufput: > > > > /cyclone1/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/bin/sol/dcsynop-v1-p/cyclone1/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/gempak5.4/tabl > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pipe_prodput: trying again > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pbuf_flush (11) write: Broken pipe > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pipe_dbufput: > > > > /cyclone1/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/bin/sol/dcsynop-v1-p/cyclone1/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/gempak5.4/tabl > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pipe_prodput: trying again > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pbuf_flush (12) write: Broken pipe > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pipe_dbufput: > > > > /cyclone1/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/bin/sol/dcsynop-v1-p/cyclone1/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/gempak5.4/tabl > > > > Apr 12 20:07:10 cyclone pqact[592]: pipe_prodput: trying again > > > > Apr 12 20:07:11 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3111 terminated by signal 6 > > > > Apr 12 20:07:11 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3112 terminated by signal 6 > > > > Apr 12 20:07:12 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3113 terminated by signal 6 > > > > Apr 12 20:07:12 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3114 terminated by signal 6 > > > > Apr 12 20:07:19 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3116 terminated by signal 6 > > > > Apr 12 20:07:24 cyclone pqact[592]: child 3117 terminated by signal 6 > > > > > > > > You can login to cyclone with the same info I gave before if you wish. > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > Dr. Brian Colle INTERNET: address@hidden > > > > (516)632-3174 > > > > Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres > > > > Marine Sciences Research Center > > > > State University of New York at Stony Brook > > > > Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== > > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > > > Research > > > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > > =============================================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================