> Amos, > > I checked all the squid3 directories: > squid3: /usr/sbin/squid3 /etc/squid3 /usr/lib/squid3 /usr/share/squid3 > > and didn't find any core.* files. I even did a > > /etc/squid3# whereis core > core: /usr/share/man/man5/core.5.gz > > and it didn't find anything significant. > > I installed squid3 on debian with apt-get install squid3. Looks like > debian doesn't have a current version of squid3 other than PRE5. I will > download it from the website and install it from source. 3.0.STABLE* release package is available from the lenny repositories. > > I don't think the logging drive was running out of space because Is a > pretty big drive and partition. What can other thing make squid act like > this? A random segfault is the probable cause. They are most commonly seen when running out of disk space. But can occur elsewhere. Amos > > Amos Jeffries wrote: >> Wilson Hernandez - MSD, S. A. wrote: >>> Pieter, >>> >>> I had to delete my cache. I didn't get any answers from the list and I >>> had a lot of people calling. >>> >>> I did: >>> rm -r /squid/cache/* >>> >>> it took over 30 minutes. >>> Then, >>> restarted squid (/etc/init.d/squid3 start) and it was doing the same: >>> It started and it just died without giving any errors. >>> >>> I then decided to also delete, actually rename, access.log and >>> store.log files. This time when I restarted, it worked. I had to do it >>> that way because that was the only solution I found. I there is >>> another way to restore all the previous objects please let me know. >>> >>> One more thing, What could have caused that problem? Will this happen >>> again in a couple of months? >> >> Hmm, if it was the logging drive running out of space yes it might >> happen again. Check for core.* files in the squid home directory. >> >> Amos >> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Pieter De Wit wrote: >>>> Well - something is killing it. It got a lot future than before, it >>>> stopped >>>> at 0.6% iirc last time ? >>>> >>>> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:42:52 -0400, "Wilson Hernandez - MSD, S. A." >>>> <wh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> That i486 thing just might have been the original kernel. I don't >>>>> know why it says i486. >>>>> >>>>> I ran tail -f /var/log/squid/cache.log and noticed that squid tries >>>>> to rebuild the cache, it stops and restarts again: >>>>> >>>>> Store rebuilding is 10.1% complete >>>>> >>>>> I don't want to delete my cache. That's the only solutions I've >>>>> found on the internet: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Shutdown your squid server >>>>> squid -k shutdown >>>>> >>>>> 2) Remove the cache directory >>>>> rm -r /squid/cache/* >>>>> >>>>> 3) Re-Create the squid cache directory >>>>> squid -z >>>>> >>>>> 4) Start the squid >>>>> >>>>> My cache is pretty big and it would take a while to delete all the >>>>> stuff in there. Also, I will loose all that data from months of >>>>> objects... >>>>> >>>>> Pieter De Wit wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Might be totally off here, but I noted your swap size is "large". >>>>>> Could >>>>> it >>>>>> be that the cache has more objects (in count and in byte count ?) >>>>>> than >>>>> can >>>>>> fit into a 32-bit counter ? >>>>>> >>>>>> I got to this by seeing that it crashes at the cache rebuild >>>>>> section as >>>>>> well as the fact the the build is i486. >>>>>> >>>>>> Like I said, might be *way* off but hey :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Pieter >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:04:54 -0700, wh@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>>>>> Hello. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I came across something weird. Squid3 just stopped working, just >>>>>>> dies >>>>>>> without any error message. My server was running as usual and all >>>>>>> over >>>>> a >>>>>>> sudden users weren't getting internet. I checked if all the normal >>>>>>> processes were running and noticed squid wasn't. Now, I try to >>>>>>> start >>>>> the >>>>>>> server and it starts and dies after a few seconds. Heres part of >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> cache.log file: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Starting Squid Cache version 3.0.PRE5 for >>>>>>> i486-pc-linux-gnu... >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Process ID 4063 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| With 1024 file descriptors available >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 33054, FD >>>>>>> 8 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Adding nameserver 200.42.213.11 from >>>>>>> squid.conf >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Adding nameserver 200.42.213.21 from >>>>>>> squid.conf >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 13 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Swap maxSize 102400000 KB, estimated 7876923 >>>>>>> objects >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Target number of buckets: 393846 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Using 524288 Store buckets >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Max Mem size: 102400 KB >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Max Swap size: 102400000 KB >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Rebuilding storage in /var/log/squid/cache >>>>>>> (DIRTY) >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Using Least Load store dir selection >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Current Directory is / >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Loaded Icons. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Accepting transparently proxied HTTP >>>>>>> connections >>>>> at >>>>>>> 192.168.2.1, port 3128, FD 15. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| HTCP Disabled. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| WCCP Disabled. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:07| Ready to serve requests. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Starting Squid Cache version 3.0.PRE5 for >>>>>>> i486-pc-linux-gnu... >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Process ID 4066 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| With 1024 file descriptors available >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 33054, FD >>>>>>> 8 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Adding nameserver 200.42.213.11 from >>>>>>> squid.conf >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Adding nameserver 200.42.213.21 from >>>>>>> squid.conf >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 13 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Swap maxSize 102400000 KB, estimated 7876923 >>>>>>> objects >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Target number of buckets: 393846 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Using 524288 Store buckets >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Max Mem size: 102400 KB >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Max Swap size: 102400000 KB >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Rebuilding storage in /var/log/squid/cache >>>>>>> (DIRTY) >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Using Least Load store dir selection >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Current Directory is / >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Loaded Icons. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Accepting transparently proxied HTTP >>>>>>> connections >>>>> at >>>>>>> 192.168.2.1, port 3128, FD 15. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| HTCP Disabled. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| WCCP Disabled. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:11| Ready to serve requests. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:12| Store rebuilding is 0.6% complete >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Starting Squid Cache version 3.0.PRE5 for >>>>>>> i486-pc-linux-gnu... >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Process ID 4069 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| With 1024 file descriptors available >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 33054, FD >>>>>>> 8 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Adding nameserver 200.42.213.11 from >>>>>>> squid.conf >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Adding nameserver 200.42.213.21 from >>>>>>> squid.conf >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 13 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Swap maxSize 102400000 KB, estimated 7876923 >>>>>>> objects >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Target number of buckets: 393846 >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Using 524288 Store buckets >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Max Mem size: 102400 KB >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Max Swap size: 102400000 KB >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Rebuilding storage in /var/log/squid/cache >>>>>>> (DIRTY) >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Using Least Load store dir selection >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Current Directory is / >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Loaded Icons. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Accepting transparently proxied HTTP >>>>>>> connections >>>>> at >>>>>>> 192.168.2.1, port 3128, FD 15. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| HTCP Disabled. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| WCCP Disabled. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:17| Ready to serve requests. >>>>>>> 2008/12/09 22:03:18| Store rebuilding is 0.6% complete >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please help. Your help will be appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you in advanced. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- > *Wilson Hernandez* > Presidente > 829.848.9595 > 809.766.0441 > www.msdrd.com <http://www.msdrd.com> > Conservando el medio ambiente >
