Odd crashes

Papillon · x-man Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1060 Location: Germany

Hrmmm, why do you change the connection type ? I thought you said ODBC 0.9.2.4 would run fine ? I am mainly interested to know if changing just the .EXE makes a difference on your system.
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Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

It did crash under ODBC connection with the newer NWNX.EXE, though it took longer.

I shifted to Direct Connect to see if maybe I just didn't leave it running long enough in the initial check under it on Sunday.

Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

Update Papillon...

It looks like I didn't wait long enough the first time I tried NWNX2.exe current under ODBC .9.2.4. Over the last week it has crashed 3 times under that setup, but takes 22-30 hours of running to do it. No interesting entries in the logs.

When it crashes, it does NOT cycle the log files; the previous run's logs are still primary. NWNX also stops writing to the log files, entries ARE made into those logs by NWServer. I cannot tell if it reads/writes to the database as it comes up with the "Port In Use" error attempting to restart. Since it does not appear to shift server port off of 5121 I almost have to assume that its the MySQL port that is locking.

I have NWNX set to check every 30 seconds with a 30 second delay on re-start.

ThanX!

Papillon · x-man Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1060 Location: Germany

So do I understand this correct:

* NWNX.EXE does not crash, but NWSERVER does
* NWNX Logfiles are not rotated when the server crashes
* You get a "port in use" error even with a restartdelay of, say, 60 seconds
* It only crashes when using the current NWNX.EXE, older versions of the exe work fine
* When using the older exe version, ODBC 0.9.2.4 still works fine with either connection type.

Please correct if I misunderstood anything.
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Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

I have not set the restart delay for more than 30 seconds as previously the system never required more than 5 seconds to recover from the very rare crash (normally caused by my scripting....).

Other than that all points are correct. As for the log files, they do NOT rotate, but the new directories are added correctly.

I don't think you should put a lot of work into this as it seems to be isolated to my stuff Confused

I will not be able to work on this (or much else) for a couple of weeks due to family concerns but I am planning a rebuild of the server after that to upgrade hardware. Maybe that will help as the server has been running for over 2.5 years, though it has been well maintained.

Papillon · x-man Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1060 Location: Germany

Ok, thanks for your input. What I will do is to go over the source code and check the changes that have been made between the old and the new nwnx main program. Maybe I will be able to see something, but probably it is just some strange occurence pertaining just to your server.

As much as I would like to solve your problem, if you do not have enough time to conduct tests I am caught flat-fooded with a critical strike Smile

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Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

ThanX Papillon, you've done more than enough already!

I'll report back as for how things work after the reload, I'm thinking that will probably correct it as no one else seems to be having this issue Wink

Lokey · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 158

Port in use and fails to rotate the logs--sounds familiar. Go over your permission settings with a fine tooth comb...read about our team's trials with Server2k3 here.
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Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

But only after a crash?

Combined with NWNX 2.5.3 being stable and running for literally weeks under a light load its not permissions. When NWServer does crash under 2.5.3 it always starts back up correctly...

Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

Update:

Saturday I converted to the SQLite database. 43 hours uptime with NWNX2 2.6.1 and ODBC 9.2.4 before I had to shut it down to fix a faction issue. I will report back if anything develops but it does look like something with MySQL.

Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

False hope. Its been crashing every 4-6 hours under load Evil or Very Mad

I installed a fresh copy of the dedicated server, downloaded fresh copies of all the DLLs and no change in behavior.

We will see how it works after a reload.

Divinity · Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 4

Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

Update:

Ran hardware and software diagnostics on server. No errors noted, including memory. Changed Video and Network to cards that use different chipsets. Machine has no sound so couldn't alter that Smile

Current NIC is a 3C905C-TX.

Reloaded Win2K from scratch, patched to current. Loaded different VNC server, different FTP server. Moved entire directory of NWNServer from test server (which had been running as long as 90 hours between module updates).

Machine runs between 4.5 and 5.5 hours between NWNServer crashes, same as before. NWNX is set to check every 120 seconds, with a restart after 360 seconds. When server comes back up it still has the "Port open" error, its IP address shows as "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:-1". Server does NOT have the higher CPU useage it showed earlier under NWNX 2.61/ODBC 0.9.2

This continued crash issue with the same symptoms leads me to assume that its either a conflict with the motherboard drivers or something in the way I load Win2K.

Has anyone had problems with the Intel 845 main boards? The stable test server was running on an P3 MSI board (under Win98 Razz

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