At 9:04 AM -0400 6/22/07, StargateSG1 wrote:
>Main problem: servermgrd continually crashes and as a result,
>ServerAdmin cannot connect to manage the server.
>
>Hardware is a dual 2.5 G5 with 1.5GB of RAM. The system is on a 500gig
>drive with about 360GB+ free.
>
>FileMaker Server is also running on this unit.
>
>System had this problem well before 10.4.10, and possibly before
>10.4.9. All services seem to run, but since servermgrd fails to
>launch, we can't easily adjust or change those services. The server
>has been updated with the delta updates instead of the combo updaters.
Applying updates to known bad OSen is a fools journey.
Before updating OSen you should assure that everything is well and
that you have a known good backup and checks and repaired the
filesystem and permissions.
I agree. This is a server of a client who has only now asked me about
it, hence the problem.
>I will try running the 10.4.10 combo updater shortly, but am not
>hopeful for a fix. So, I'm posing this question: How can I determine
>and fix whatever is preventing servermgrd from starting up properly
>and not crashing?
Roll back your boot volume to the last known instance when this
worked. See if that fixes the problem
Since the client just punches buttons to run updates as soon as they
are available, that's not possible in this case.
>>From the system.log file when I try running it manually:
>
>Jun 22 08:43:09 G5Server servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name available
>via DNS for 192.168.1.2
>Jun 22 08:43:09 G5Server servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no reverse DNS
>entry for server, various services may not function properly
Yes, you've likely had this problem since 10.4.6 when OS X Server,
after years fo telling you to have perfect DNS finally got serious
about it. Your system is misconfigured. Fix this.
Will take a look and hope that it can be repaired/resolved without
drastic measures.
>>From Terminal when I try starting it manually:
>
>G5Server:~ root# servermgrd -d
>2007-06-22 08:42:39.433 servermgrd[1083] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool():
>Object 0x306010 of class NSCFData autoreleased with no pool in place -
>just leaking
>2007-06-22 08:42:39.433 servermgrd[1083] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool():
>Object 0x306630 of class NSCFData autoreleased with no pool in place -
>just leaking
>2007-06-22 08:42:39.433 servermgrd[1083] Entering initialize
>2007-06-22 08:43:09.587 servermgrd[1083] Starting idle processing
>Bus error
>G5Server:~ root#
>
>Here's what I think is the salient portion of the servermgrd.crash.log:
>
<snip>
>I have tried replacing the com.apple.servermgrd.plist file with one
>from a "good" machine to no avail.
That's just your preferences. More likely you have a bad file which
is part of servermgrd, perhaps (guessing wildly) one of these:
/private/var/servermgrd/servermgr_print.lock
/usr/share/servermgrd/bundles/servermgr_print.bundle
/usr/share/servermgrd/bundles/servermgr_print.bundle/Contents
/usr/share/servermgrd/bundles/servermgr_print.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
/usr/share/servermgrd/bundles/servermgr_print.bundle/Contents/MacOS
/usr/share/servermgrd/bundles/servermgr_print.bundle/Contents/MacOS/servermgr_print
/usr/share/servermgrd/bundles/servermgr_print.bundle/Contents/version.plist
/usr/share/servermgrd/cgi-bin/servermgr_print
/usr/share/servermgrd/html/servermgr_print.html
I'll take a look in there as well, thanks!
And, Dan, thanks for not abusing me, but being direct and to the point.
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