Dear Steve, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I just switched to FC5 too, only I did not change my bacula version at the > same time. The problem shows up on FC5 with 1.38.5 too. And to answer > the question Kern raised about old mysql versions or old RPM--I installed > FC5 from scratch (i.e. I didn't upgrade, I reinstalled, wiping every > system partition), and I rebuilt the bacula RPMs from the source RPM after > I upgraded.
I also build bacula from scratch, using the tarball. And I checked and cannot see any old (mysql 4.x) files anywhere. > > For the gone away problem does the FAQ help? > > http://paramount.ind.wpi.edu/wiki/doku.php?id=faq > > MySQL Server Has Gone Away > > I'm guessing that Dan's suggestion is right on target. The wait_timeout He probably is right. We just have to find out which of the suggestions actually fixes the problem. > is 8 hours, I'm guessing that bacula (in my config) doesn't issue queries > that often (I do backups between 3AM-7AM), and for some reason with mysql > 5 the connection gets dropped after a timeout. I've changed my wait > timeout to 36 hours to see if the problem goes away (in /etc/my.cnf). Tried the same (48 h). Let's wait what happens. > Perhaps someone else who understands mysql better than I can find out why > the connection didn't used to timeout (at least with mysql 4) Same here. Anyway - isn't this a design issue with bacula? Why should we keep the connection open all the time when bacula is just idle? Why cannot we close and reopen when needed? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not underestimate the value of print statements for debugging. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
