Master process not found, or multiple masters

[new_and_stupid]

I'm running FMS on Fedora Core 4 and it's been fine for a while but for some
reason, every few weeks, it just crashes and the only evidence I find is in
/var/log/messages.


This is the error I see...

# grep "Master process not found, or multiple masters" messages*
messages:Apr 26 15:49:04 server-x Server: Master process not found, or
multiple masters
messages.2:Apr 15 16:43:29 server-x Server: Master process not found, or
multiple masters
messages.3:Apr 4 21:10:01 server-x Server: Master process not found, or
multiple masters
messages.3:Apr 4 21:15:22 server-x Server: Master process not found, or
multiple masters

Any hints?

Thanks,
Michael

[gcgaudette]

I'm also new, stupid, and having the same problem on RHE 4. I'll be looking for
an answer and will share if I find something. My system uses AFS filesystem and
sometimes produces a slab error related to AFS caching on shutdown, but I don't
think that's related. Still: You're not noticing anything like that, are you?

[new_and_stupid]

I'm pretty sure...

If you are refering to the "server-x" in the output, that is just my hostname.
I'm also experiancing my FMS server randomly not working even with no strange
messages in /var/log/messages. It will work fine for about a week and then it
just seems to stop working and I need to reboot or possibly just restart FMS.
I see the normal messages that it's switching to the developer license and all
the correct processes are running, but my apps just don't seem to connect to
it. I reboot and everything is fine. This is a very stripped down system that
is only runnning a barebones Fedora Core 4 and FMS. I sure wish some of the
usual "Experts" around here would chime in on this. I amazed that no one
bothers to even look at this post.

[gcgaudette]

Yeah, I thought this topic would generate some replies too. On one occassion I
saw a different error in /var/log/messages:

May 8 10:51:13 flashserver Server: Unknown exception caught in
__TCThreadEntry.

So far, no hangs without some kind of log entry. Like your server, mine chugs
along just fine for a week or two then stops streaming video without warning (I
don't have other applications other than FLV files to stream). Processes and
server monitor appear fine during this time. I ended up writing a cron job to
grep /var/log/messages and send me mail if it matches certain patterns, so at
least it won't be down for long.

-George