Hi all! since i had problems with running openser thru init.d script., i tried to run it thru openserctl. however, the file /var/run/openser.pid is not found there and it too was not running. so i started running openser with /usr/local/sbin/openser start. it works fine this way. also since /usr/local/sbin is in my PATH variable, i can directly type openser start and this way also it runs. however, after starting openser, it does not return the command prompt back. if i have to stop running openser, i have to hit ctrl+c. there is no other way to stop it.... please let me know how to start and stop openser directly (not thru init or openserctl because both of them give me trouble). also how can i see which is the main pid of openser as when i run the ps command , it shows me some 3-4 pids for different subprocesses............ Thanks in advance, Padmaja ----- Original Message ----- From: &lt;users-request(a)openser.org&gt; To: &lt;users(a)openser.org&gt; Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:43 AM Subject: Users Digest, Vol 13, Issue 21 > Send Users mailing list submissions to > users(a)openser.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > users-request(a)openser.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > users-owner(a)openser.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Avpops tutorial (Norman Brandinger) > 2. troubles with usrloc module: db_mode=3 (DB only) > (Christian Schlatter) > 3. openser with nathelper/rtpproxy as SBC (Ovidiu Sas) > 4. Re: ACC module detect-direction (Glenn Dalgliesh) > 5. Auth and Auth-int in openser (Padmaja RV) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:40:06 -0400 > From: Norman Brandinger &lt;norm(a)goes.com&gt; > Subject: Re: [Users] Avpops tutorial > To: Douglas Garstang &lt;dgarstang(a)oneeighty.com&gt; > Cc: users(a)openser.org > Message-ID: &lt;44848896.2030608(a)goes.com&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I've used the following software to write a couple of documents that the > developers can easily incorporate into the web site: to > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/ > > The online DocuWiki http://openser.org/dokuwiki/doku.php will allow you > to create documents directly from a browser. > > OpenSER is a highly technical piece of software that is under ACTIVE > development and sometimes the documentation lags the new and cool > features that the developers are writing. Depending on your time, > energy level, etc, you might want to consider learning C to more fully > appreciate what OpenSER can do for you. > > I agree with the comment that if OpenSER doesn't meet your needs, in > terms of documentation or function, you would be better by using a > commercial offering. > > Regards, > Norm > > Douglas Garstang wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Juha Heinanen [mailto:jh@tutpro.com] >>> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 12:09 PM >>> To: Douglas Garstang >>> Cc: greg(a)thursday.com; users(a)openser.org >>> Subject: RE: [Users] Avpops tutorial >>> >>> >>> Douglas Garstang writes: >>> >>> > It's a wee bit difficult for others to write documentation >>> when they >>> > can't figure the software out, because the developers >>> never wrote any >>> > good ones. Eight months of openser and I'm still trying to work out >>> > how all this branch stuff works. Don't have a clue, and there's no >>> > books on this stuff either. If you ask in the list you get half >>> > answers and riddles. >>> >>> i don't like your attitude. if you don't consider quality of >>> openser or >>> its documentation good enough and are not willing to do anything about >>> it, i suggest you look for some other open source product or go for >>> commercial offerings. >>> >> >> What source do you recommend I use in writing my documentation? If you >> could provide a source, I'd be happy to consider writing some. I did not >> question the quality of OpenSER. I questioned the quality of the >> documentation for OpenSER. >> >> Just because something is open source, does not immediately mean it has >> to have bad documentation. >> >> Doug. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users(a)openser.org >> http://openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:12:55 -0400 > From: Christian Schlatter &lt;cs(a)unc.edu&gt; > Subject: [Users] troubles with usrloc module: db_mode=3 (DB only) > To: users(a)openser.org > Message-ID: &lt;44849047.6010307(a)unc.edu&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > Running openser (CVS HEAD) with usrloc:db_mode=3 causes it to crash > repeatedly after 15 secs or so. The core dump does not say much except > > (gdb) bt > #0 0x00b2b392 in ?? () > #1 0x08131468 in mem_pool () > #2 0xbfff8b54 in ?? () > #3 0xbfff8b54 in ?? () > #4 0x00000008 in ?? () > #5 0x00b3adbf in ?? () > #6 0x00000007 in ?? () > #7 0x00b3a88c in ?? () > #8 0x00000006 in ?? () > #9 0x00b3adcd in ?? () > #10 0x00000005 in ?? () > #11 0x00b3adae in ?? () > #12 0xb576a560 in ?? () > #13 0x00000007 in ?? () > #14 0x00b39c59 in ?? () > #15 0x00000005 in ?? () > #16 0x00b3adae in ?? () > #17 0x00000001 in ?? () > #18 0x00000001 in ?? () > #19 0x00000000 in ?? () > > > The openser log looks like: > > ERROR: receive_fd: EOF on 16 > child process 18101 exited by a signal 11 > core was generated > > > I also don't see any mysql errors. The last mysql query issued by > openser before dying is always > > Query delete from location where expires<'2006-06-05 16:03:17' > (only the timestamp changes) > > Deleting all location table entries before starting up openser does not > help either. Is there something special I have to consider when running > openser in DB-only mode? > > Thanks for any help, > Christian >