[Users] Debian - Odd, hopefully minor, machine name / prompt issue

Ola Lundqvist ola at opalsys.net
Sat Sep 15 04:31:21 EDT 2007


Hi Jim

You simply write a mail to submit at bugs.debian.org
In the begiggning of the mail, before anything else, you write:

Package: kernel-patch-openvz
Severity: important

And then you describe the fault. It is as simple as that. :)

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 05:25:43PM -0400, Jim Archer wrote:
> Hi Ola...
> 
> As embarrassing as this is, I have to admit that I can't figure out how to 
> open a bug report using the link provided below.  That's why the report is 

See above.

> not filed yet.  Also, I experienced a kernel panic with this kernel. 

Not good. Please file a separate bug about that. I would like to know what
you did when the kernel crashed, so I can debug the problem further.

> Another engineer restarted the system, but because he was accessing via an 
> IPMI card (so no text console) he was unable to copy out the associated 
> information from the kernel. If there is something I can get you from the 
> machine, I'll be happy to do so.

That would be good.

> Also, another person I know knows how to open Debian bug reports, but he 
> won't be available until after the Jewish holiday.  As soon as I can talk 
> with him I'll open the bug.

With the above explanation I assume that you can write one on your own. :)

In the meantime I have looked through the VZ patch and have not found
anything obvious that explains your hostname problem. It seems like all the
places where system_utsname has really been replaced with utsname() and
the utsname() function is identical with the original vz patch.

So it is likely something else. However the patch is huge so I may have
made a couple of mistakes.

Best regards,

// Ola

> 
> 
> 
> 
> --On Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:19 AM +0200 Ola Lundqvist 
> <ola at opalsys.net> wrote:
> 
> >Hi
> >
> >kernel-patch-openvz
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >// Ola
> >
> >On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 02:12:19AM -0400, Jim Archer wrote:
> >>Thanks very much Ola.  What package do you want the bug reported against?
> >>
> >>
> >>--On Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:07 AM +0200 Ola Lundqvist
> >><ola at opalsys.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Jim
> >>>
> >>> That depends on what you have on the system. In some cases the
> >>> configuration is dependent on the hostname. For example exim can get a
> >>> bit confused if the hostname is not the correct one.
> >>>
> >>> I will start to look on this bug asap. As Kir said something must have
> >>> become wrong when the patchset was merged to Debian.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> // Ola
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 04:59:33PM -0400, Jim Archer wrote:
> >>>> Okay, I'll file the bug report tonight.  Is there a reason I should
> >>>> stop using this kernel, or is this a minor issue?
> >>>>
> >>>> --On Thursday, September 13, 2007 12:55 AM +0400 Kir Kolyshkin
> >>>> <kir at openvz.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for reporting. Apparently when porting OpenVZ patchset to
> >>>>> debian kernel utsname() virtualization got screwed... I suggest you
> >>>>> to file a bug to http://bugs.debian.org/, and I have added Debian
> >>>>> maintainer of OpenVZ packages to cc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim Archer wrote:
> >>>>>> When logged into the main system:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> vps5000:~# hostname
> >>>>>> vps5000.regtek.com
> >>>>>> vps5000:~# vzlist
> >>>>>>     VEID      NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
> >>>>>>      102         13 running 72.46.65.30     nsp4.registrationtek.com
> >>>>>>      104         21 running 72.46.65.47
> >>>>>>      mail5.registrationtek.com 105         22 running 72.46.65.48
> >>>>>>      whois.registrationtek.com 106          4 running 72.46.65.54
> >>>>>>      gz.registrationtek.com 107          7 running 72.46.65.34
> >>>>>>      squid.registrationtek.com 1000          4 running 72.46.67.2
> >>>>>>     vps1000.regtek.com 1001         39 running 72.46.67.3
> >>>>>>     vps1002.registrationtek.com 1002         29 running 72.46.67.7
> >>>>>>     tocco.regtek.com 1003         23 running 72.46.67.8
> >>>>>>     firstclass.regtek.com 5000          4 running 72.46.65.254
> >>>>>>     vps5000.regtek.com
> >>>>>> vps5000:~# vzctl enter 102
> >>>>>> entered into VE 102
> >>>>>> vps5000:/# hostname
> >>>>>> vps5000.regtek.com
> >>>>>> vps5000:/# exit
> >>>>>> logout
> >>>>>> exited from VE 102
> >>>>>> vps5000:~# vzctl enter 104
> >>>>>> entered into VE 104
> >>>>>> vps5000:/# hostname
> >>>>>> vps5000.regtek.com
> >>>>>> vps5000:/# exit
> >>>>>> logout
> >>>>>> exited from VE 104
> >>>>>> vps5000:~# vzctl enter 1003
> >>>>>> entered into VE 1003
> >>>>>> vps5000:/# hostname
> >>>>>> vps5000.regtek.com
> >>>>>> vps5000:/# exit
> >>>>>> logout
> >>>>>> exited from VE 1003
> >>>>>> vps5000:~#
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --On Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:30 PM +0400 Kir Kolyshkin
> >>>>>> <kir at openvz.org> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Jim,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can you run hostname on the host system and inside a couple of VEs?
> >>>>>>> Do they show the same or different hostnames?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Jim Archer wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Hi All...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I just upgraded the kernel on my machine from:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels# uname -a
> >>>>>>>> Linux actual.registrationtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-12-1etch1-amd64 #1
> >>>>>>>> SMP Fri May 4 23:37:24 MSD 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> To:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> vps5000:~# uname -a
> >>>>>>>> Linux vps5000.regtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-13-39.1d1-amd64 #1 SMP Mon
> >>>>>>>> Sep 3 10:11:00 MSD 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I did this because I have been having a memory consumption problem
> >>>>>>>> with Exim4 I was hoping to resolve.  I had been told that the
> >>>>>>>> Exim4 memory issue was a known issue and was fixed in later
> >>>>>>>> kernels.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Anyhow, I installed the new kernel using dpkg -i and it seems to
> >>>>>>>> install fine, with no warnings or errors.  It boots and runs fine,
> >>>>>>>> even iSCSI. But, the odd issue is that the machine name in the
> >>>>>>>> prompt is wrong.  As you can see from above, it went from:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> actual#
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> To:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> vps5000#
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The name of the machine in /etc/hostname is actual and vps5000 is
> >>>>>>>> the highest number vps I have.  Is this a serious issue or can I
> >>>>>>>> safely ignore it?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Jim
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>>>> Users mailing list
> >>>>>>>> Users at openvz.org
> >>>>>>>> https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>>> Users mailing list
> >>>>>>> Users at openvz.org
> >>>>>>> https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> --- Ola Lundqvist systemkonsult --- M Sc in IT Engineering ----
> >>> /  ola at opalsys.net                   Annebergsslingan 37        \
> >>>|  opal at debian.org                   654 65 KARLSTAD            |
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> >>
> >
> >--
> > --- Ola Lundqvist systemkonsult --- M Sc in IT Engineering ----
> >/  ola at opalsys.net                   Annebergsslingan 37        \
> >|  opal at debian.org                   654 65 KARLSTAD            |
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 --- Ola Lundqvist systemkonsult --- M Sc in IT Engineering ----
/  ola at opalsys.net                   Annebergsslingan 37        \
|  opal at debian.org                   654 65 KARLSTAD            |
|  http://opalsys.net/               Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 |
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