[ARGUS] Problems with ragraph

[Michael J. Slifcak]

Carter Bullard wrote:
> Hey Bob,
>    Well it looks like there are some problems with
> ragraph(), and so I'll have to look into it.  I've been
> using 1.0.45 up until now, and so once I get 1.0.48 in
> I'll be able to check it out.
> 
>    I'd be interested in any jitter results you're getting.
> And/or if you're getting something you're not sure of, send
> something to the list, as jitter doesn't get much air
> time here, and argus is doing some rather interesting
> things with jitter.
> 
> Carter
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-argus-info at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> [mailto:owner-argus-info at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Bob McCormick
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:59 AM
> To: Argus Info List
> Subject: Re: [ARGUS] Problems with ragraph
> 
> I'm using rrdtool-1.0.48 on a Fedora Core 2 box.
> 
> I'd be more than happy to send you some of the data I'm using or my
> argus.conf is you'd like it.
> 
> Although it doesn't look like I'll be able to use ragraph anyway.
>  From the man page, it doesn't look like jitter is one of the metrics
> ragraph will graph, and jitter is the metric I'm most interested in
> measuring.    Oh well, I'm still quite happy with the text data I'm
> getting from argus.   This is a very cool program BTW.
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 21, 2004, at 4:21 PM, Carter Bullard wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hey Bob,
>>    Hmmmmm, seems like we've got a real problem, but I've
>> not seen the error message you first reported,
>> 'tail .000000'.
>>
>>   To debug, I'll need version numbers of the rrdtool that
>>you're using, in case I'm out of sync, and if I can't replicate
>>the error, having some of the data you're trying to graph
>> may be needed.
>>
>>   I'm out Tues/Wed, but I should be able to do something
>> on this Thurs/Fri.
>>
>>Carter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-argus-info at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
>>[mailto:owner-argus-info at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Bob
>>McCormick
>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 5:28 PM
>> To: Argus Info List
>> Subject: Re: [ARGUS] Problems with ragraph
>>
>>Sorry, I must have missed that one in the list archives.   Anyway, I
>> tried the -p0 option and this is what I get:
>>
>>[root at netaurlabsrv root]# ragraph pkts dport -M 10s -T 60 -S
>> 192.168.1.101 -p0
>> /usr/local/bin/ragraph: unable to create `/tmp/filexoA24S.rrd': start
>> time: unparsable time:
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>On Jun 21, 2004, at 3:19 PM, James Lever wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Bob,
>>
>> >
>> > Carter answered this particular error on June 7th with the following
>> > response:
>> >
>> > > No, not a corruption.  rrdtool has problems with parsing out
>> >  > various number types depending on the version.  Try running
>> >  > ragraph with the "-p0" (precision zero) to see if that doesn't
>> >  > clear it up.  Send mail about the rrdtool installation
>> >  > if that works.  Send more mail if it doesn't work!!!
>>
>> > cheers,
>> >  James
>> >
>> > On 22/06/2004, at 7:04 AM, Bob McCormick wrote:
>> >
>> > > I get the following error message anytime I try to use ragraph:
>> >  >
>> >  > [root at netaurlabsrv root]# ragraph pkts dport -M 10s -T 60 -S
>> > > 192.168.1.101
>>
>>>>/usr/local/bin/ragraph: unable to update `/tmp/fileI7Uvnl.rrd':
>>>
>>>  > conversion of '1087851490.000000' to long not complete: tail
>>
>> > '.000000'
>> >  >
>> >  > Anyone have any suggestions on where I should look to get this to
>> > work?
>>
>>
>>

I would recommend looking at the current snapshot of what will be the
1.1 release of RRDtool.  It provides PNG support (in lieu of the proprietary
GIF format), and will be supported more than the 1.0 series.
I've personally found the author receptive to patches, too.

The 1.1 base builds packages clean for RedHat RPM and for Debian.
Unfortunately, where 1.0.48 will include dependent libraries,
1.1. does not include those libs. I've found, since I'm running on Fedora Core Linux,
that the needed libraries are already included, so that hasn't been a
deterrent, in my case.

As was said before "your mileage may vary".

All the Best,
-Mike Slifcak