topic Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" ) in Operating System - HP-UX

lsof problem ( "stocks" )

yair_2 — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:38:21 GMT

hello all
i have lsof 4.67 built on hp-ux 11.11
i went through all the compilation procedure o.k
but when i'm trying to run lsof , it just stock with no output.
when i run tusc on it i'm getting that the process is sleeping :
"pstat(0x80000019, 0x7dff0d68, 648, 0, 0) ....[sleeping]"

does anybody can tell me what's going wrong with that ???

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Jeff Schussele — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:47:20 GMT

Hi yair,

What was the exact lsof command line you are using?

Rgds,
Jeff

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Zeev Schultz — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:49:13 GMT

Yair,
What options do you run lsof with?
Try to run wiht -p PID or -u UID options.
Also try to run tusc lsof ... > /tmp/tusc.log.
After a minute cancel with Ctl+C.Read the log.

Best regards,

Zeev

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

harry d brown jr — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:53:03 GMT

Why not just download and run a precompiled version?

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/lsof-4.67/

use 11.00 for 11.11

live free or die
harry

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

yair_2 — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:09:33 GMT

hi zeev && jeff && thanks !
i'm running the command without any arguments because i would like to see list of the open files

the output from the tusc command ( after a minute ) is :

" pstat(0x80000019, 0x7dff0e28, 648, 0, 0) ................................................. [sleeping] "

i also attached you the output

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Jeff Schussele — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:26:16 GMT

Hi (again) yair,

Well I've never ran lsof w/o any parameters, But I'd suspect that it would take a while to list ALL open files for ALL active processes.
How long are you giving the command to complete?
Also how's the resources on this system - i.e. free memory, CPU & disk load?

Rgds,
Jeff

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Zeev Schultz — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:24:55 GMT

Ok,what I see in tusc output is :

Inconsistent arg # for syscall 59 (execve): 1/3
or
Inconsistent arg # for syscall 5 (open): 1/3

I'd take some time to think what it can be :)

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

yair_2 — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:12:50 GMT

hi all and thanks
harry -> i did already download the precompiled version and the compilation went o.k. the trouble is going on after that ( when i'm running the command....)

jeff --> i realy give it enough time ....
you can see in the output ( of the tusc ) that someone is sleeping there.....

zeev --> i'm looking forward for your checks...

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Zeev Schultz — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 08:06:09 GMT

yair,
Ok.what I saw in tusc output is that lsof does
open() on files but doesn't supply arguments to open sytem call (ie how to open,permissions Read/Write etc).From here I have 2 guesses:

1)when you run lsof without options (and as root user) it also checks network sockets (which are actually a special type of file) and
here is may hang - there were some issues on hp-ux,patches phkl_24047/24507 were used.
2)run lsof as usual user (that doesn't have open connections,like telnets/ftps etc).See if it hangs...

Zeev

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

yair_2 — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:05:47 GMT

hi

i tried to run as a usuall user and it still hangs ( i get the same .."Inconsistent arg # for syscall 5 (open): 1/3" ( tusc's output )

as to the patches : we do have these 2 patches installed in our server...

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

harry d brown jr — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:52:15 GMT

Try the PRE-compiled version, NOT the one you compile yourself.

Additionally, what was the last major patch bundle you installed?

live free or die
harry

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Zeev Schultz — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:04:48 GMT

Ok,
I read lsof FAQ and there are some points on
64bit hp-ux 11.11 support etc.
What compiler did you use,and your hp-ux is 32 or 64 bit?
I post a FAQ here,read section 9.
For more details you can also contact lsof creator : Victor A. Abell .

best regards,

zeev

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

Sorrel G. Jakins — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 18:59:39 GMT

Yair, to underscore what Harry said:
Download the precompiled version.
Do not compile anything, just run what you get.
Worked for me.

Sorrel Jakins, BYU

Re: lsof problem ( "stocks" )

yair_2 — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:05:40 GMT

hi Sorel

i tried to install the depot but i'm getting:

"ERROR: Corrupt lsof.lsof-RUN,r=4.67 "

i downloaded it again but it didn't work ...