[Olsr-users] Olsr_dot_draw plugin runs only once, why ?

Ferry Huberts (spam-protected)
Thu Feb 19 16:38:41 CET 2015


I talked to Henning this morning and he tested it himself.
Your setup must be incorrect.
Make sure you use the compiled version of olsrd instead of your ubuntu 
version.


On 19/02/15 16:33, Abubakr Ali wrote:
> Hi Henning,
>
> First of all, thank you for bearing my issue in mind and for the
> updated-fix.
>
> I tested the new "master" branch (OLSRd v.0.6.9) and, unfortunately, the
> problem still exist: one time topology static-image followed by
> connection closed.
> Besides, now, in that static-image, I have, strangely, a new node with
> IP-address of 1.0.0.0 ?!!
>
> what might be the issue .. it's running in your side and not mine ..
> really confusing
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Abubakr
>
> On 19 February 2015 at 07:48, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)
> <mailto:(spam-protected)>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I was able to reproduce the bug on a bunch of VMs and fixed it (for
>     me) in the most recent olsrd commit.
>
>     At least I see dotdraw going on with producing new output.
>
>     Can you test the newest master branch commit?
>
>     Henning
>
>     On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Abubakr Ali <(spam-protected)
>     <mailto:(spam-protected)>> wrote:
>      > Hi Henning,
>      >
>      > Unfortunately, commenting the "if()" block didn't work. But
>     thanks anyway.
>      > I tried another solution of changing the condition at line 303
>     from "(
>      > result <= 0 )"  to "( result < 0 )" based on this post. But,
>     again, it was
>      > another fail attempt.
>      >
>      > Now I am out of solutions...
>      >
>      > Regards,
>      > Abubakr
>      >
>      >
>      > On 17 February 2015 at 14:37, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)
>     <mailto:(spam-protected)>> wrote:
>      >>
>      >> Could you just go into the lib/dotdraw/src/olsrd_dot_draw.c file and
>      >> remove the if() block from line 312 to line 319?
>      >>
>      >> This might fix your issue.
>      >>
>      >> Henning
>      >>
>      >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Abubakr Ali
>     <(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>>
>      >> wrote:
>      >> > Well, I see the following output :
>      >> >
>      >> > Connected to 10.2.70.108...
>      >> > Escape character is ']'.
>      >> > disgraph topolopgy
>      >> > {
>      >> > "10.2.70.108" -> "10.2.70.104"[label="0.000", style=sold];
>      >> > "10.2.70.108" [shape=box];
>      >> > }
>      >> >
>      >> > Connection closed by foreign host.
>      >> >
>      >> > Thant is it !! .. no constant flow of data. Only this data. to see
>      >> > another
>      >> > instance of the result, I have to run the command again.
>      >> >
>      >> > On 16 February 2015 at 07:16, Saverio Proto
>     <(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>> wrote:
>      >> >>
>      >> >> if you just do
>      >> >>
>      >> >> telnet ipaddress 2004
>      >> >>
>      >> >> do you see a constant flow of data from the dot draw plugin ?
>      >> >>
>      >> >> Saverio
>      >> >>
>      >> >> 2015-02-15 15:09 GMT+01:00 Abubakr Ali
>     <(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>>:
>      >> >> > Thank you Saverio for the tip ...
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> > About the version I'm running OLSRd v:0.6.6.2. The OLSRd
>     itself is
>      >> >> > running
>      >> >> > fine and as expected. Therefore, I don't think it's a
>     matter of OLSRd
>      >> >> > configuration. However, the Osr Dot Draw plugin is the
>     problem, and
>      >> >> > here
>      >> >> > is
>      >> >> > configuration part for it in the olsrd.conf file:
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> > LoadPlugin "olsrd_dot_draw.so.0.3"
>      >> >> > {
>      >> >> >        PlParam "accept" "10.2.70.108"
>      >> >> >        PiParam "port"  "2004"
>      >> >> > }
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> > Any suggestions !!
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> > Thank you,
>      >> >> > Abubakr
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> >
>      >> >> > On 14 February 2015 at 19:43, Saverio Proto
>     <(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>>
>      >> >> > wrote:
>      >> >> >>
>      >> >> >> What version of olsrd are you running ?
>      >> >> >>
>      >> >> >> When you ask a question always say which version are you
>     running and
>      >> >> >> attach relevant config files.
>      >> >> >>
>      >> >> >> Saverio
>      >> >> >>
>      >> >> >> 2015-02-13 17:04 GMT+01:00 Abubakr Ali
>     <(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>>:
>      >> >> >> > Hi All,
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> > Whenever I run the "./olsr-topology-mesh-lab.pl
>     <http://olsr-topology-mesh-lab.pl>" command,
>      >> >> >> > everything
>      >> >> >> > works
>      >> >> >> > fine showing the network topology map. Then after a
>     second or so,
>      >> >> >> > the
>      >> >> >> > command exit with the message "connection closed" while
>     the map
>      >> >> >> > still
>      >> >> >> > there.
>      >> >> >> > The map doesn't change at all. It is static, i.e.: one
>     picture one
>      >> >> >> > ImageMagick window. If I need to see the topology
>     changes, then I
>      >> >> >> > have
>      >> >> >> > to
>      >> >> >> > run the command again. But, again, "connection closed"
>     message and
>      >> >> >> > static
>      >> >> >> > picture of a network topology.
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> > As far as the command's help-text states, it should run
>     for ever
>      >> >> >> > unless
>      >> >> >> > I
>      >> >> >> > stated the option "--once".
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> > does that mean it will and keep on producing images and
>     showing it
>      >> >> >> > on
>      >> >> >> > ImageMagic window ? or does it mean something else ?
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> > Is there is any solution or any way that keep the
>     ImageMagick
>      >> >> >> > showing
>      >> >> >> > images
>      >> >> >> > every second or two showing my network topology. Even
>     though if
>      >> >> >> > the
>      >> >> >> > topology
>      >> >> >> > does not change, I am still want ImageMagick to keep
>     showing me a
>      >> >> >> > new
>      >> >> >> > image
>      >> >> >> > every 1 or 2 seconds .
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> > Thank you
>      >> >> >> > Abubakr
>      >> >> >> >
>      >> >> >> >
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