Message:
unable to start process=<%s>
Meaning:
The executable file for the process may not exist, or it may not be set to be
executable, or you may have manually started the software as a normal user
when you should start the software as "root".
Corrective
1. Look for the name of the executable program in processTable.cfg.
Action:
2. Go to /usr/dcb/bin to see if the executable file exists.
3. See if the file is owned by "root" and the permission for the file includes an "x"
for the file owner.
4. See if the system is out of virtual memory using the SCO administration utilities.
If it is out of memory, then reboot
Message:
process <%s> not responding after %d tries
Meaning:
A process is not replying to poll messages, probably because it is overloaded, or
deadlocked.
Corrective
The software should automatically restart the process to recover. If not,
Action:
1. The system may be overloaded. Use the "ipcs -qa" message to see if the
message queue has many messages in it. If that is the case, a faster CPU and
more RAM may help.
2. There could be an internal error in that process.
Message:
select() error=%dThere was an error in the "select" command which is used to
delay a few seconds.
Meaning:
The error message includes an error code which is defined in /usr/include/sys/
errno.h
Corrective
Look up the error code in /usr/include/sys/errno.h. Then take the corrective action
Action:
implied by the error code.
Message:
sleeping for another %x seconds
Meaning:
The process is waiting for the specified period. This is not an error.
Corrective
None
Action:
Message:
unknown queue id responded %d, recvdQueueID
Meaning:
The program got a message with an unknown message queue ID.
Corrective
This may be caused by an internal software error.
Action:
S6x00 Media Server Errors
Issue 1
August 2007
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