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Unidata Support wrote: > > >To: General Support <address@hidden> > >From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden> > >Subject: I need help! > >Organization: NIU > >Keywords: 200101311732.f0VHWFX05481 > > Hello all, > > If you have been following ldm-users, you know my ldm has runaway > rpc.ldmd processes, where they just multiply like rabbits, for unknown > reasons, until they overwhelm my machine, where the disk drive just goes > nuts and grinds, and grinds. Any clue as to why this may be happening? > This started Monday, and I didn't change anything since (except kill the > generation of radar images, which didn't help at all). I notice they're > building up again. I am running LDM 5.1.3, running RH Linux 6.2, latest > patches on. > > ******************************************************************************* > Gilbert Sebenste ******** > Internet: address@hidden (My opinions only!) ****** > Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** > E-mail: address@hidden *** > web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** > Work phone: 815-753-5492 * > ******************************************************************************* Hi Gilbert, I sent you some email about this about an hour and a half ago. Did you get it? I've appended it below. May I log onto your machine? If so, I still have the old password, if it still works. Anne Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > > The T3 has been repaired. Still trying to figure out the rpc.ldmd > process problem, so we might still have trouble. I am watching it like a > hawk, though, so if there are problems, I will catch it. > > ******************************************************************************* > Gilbert Sebenste ******** > Internet: address@hidden (My opinions only!) ****** > Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** > E-mail: address@hidden *** > web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** > Work phone: 815-753-5492 * > ******************************************************************************* Hi Gilbert! I'm sorry to hear that the "runaway rpc.ldmd spawning" problem has hit you. We have seen this problem on rare occasions. How is it going now? Have you remade the queue recently? If you haven't, and you do, will you please save the old queue for me? I might try to use it to reproduce the problem. Is there anything relevant in the log? May I see your log? For that matter, if it's occuring, may I log in and look around? If you're interested in what we know about this problem, go to the support archives and search on 'mcdermott' - Tom McDermott had this problem most recently. It will give you some ideas for things to check. Anne -- *************************************************** Anne Wilson UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW server http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ **************************************************** -- *************************************************** Anne Wilson UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW server http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ****************************************************