[Pdns-users] powerdns segfaulting (multiple machines)

[Jordan Tardif]

We are running debian 3.1 , kernel is 2.6.15.2  , backend is mysql running 
on dedicated hardware cross connected to the powerdns frontends

03:13 PM# dpkg -s pdns-static
Package: pdns-static
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: net
Installed-Size: 6452
Maintainer: bert hubert <bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl>
Architecture: i386
Source: pdns
Version: 2.9.20-1

I can work on recompiling next week on monday and as for tcpdump I can get 
that as well. More to come monday.

-- 
Jordan Tardif
DreamHost

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, bert hubert wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:27:58AM -0700, Jordan Tardif wrote:
>> We currently have 4 powerdns frontends and 2 backends. All of the
>> frontends seem to be segfaulting randomly not due to heavy loads or
>> anything.. This is the only thing that we have found when it crashes..
>
> Which version? Which backend? Which operating system?
>
> Can you recompile and manually install the binary, but not strip it? In that
> case the backtrace will contain more than just numbers, but actual function
> names.
>
>> Can anyone shed some light on this? Any way i can get better information
>> on why its crashing?
>
> Run a tcpdump concurrently, this will allow us to determine if an
> identifiable packet or query is causing the problem.
>
> 	Bert
>
>