Re: [Condor-users] kbbd issues

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/1/2012 11:45 AM, Eric Abel wrote:
> The client is running 7.6.1.
>
> Eric

Ugh.  The problem Z refers to below was fixed starting w/ v7.6.1 
according to
  https://condor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=2102
so perhaps we are observing some new issue...

Todd



> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ziliang Guo
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:21 AM
> To: Condor-Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] kbbd issues
>
> A question, which version of Condor are you using?  There was a
> problem with the kbdd in earlier versions wherein after a suspend, the
> kbdd would not update the address of the startd it is supposed to
> communicate with, and thus all keyboard/mouse updates would get lost.
> This was fixed sometime after Condor Week last year after Ian from
> Cycle brought it to our attention.
>
> Z
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Eric Abel<Eric.Abel@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Fellow Condor users,
> >
> >
> >
> > I recently have encountered an issue with kbbd.  I have a windows pool, with
> > a mixture of windows7 and XP workstations.  Recently, one of the windows7
> > machines ceased to kill jobs when the user logged on.  Looking deeper into
> > the problem, I discovered that the issue surfaced when a user would log in,
> > then leave the computer for a period of time.  The conditions for job
> > acceptance were met (per UWCS_START), and jobs started.  Upon trying to
> > resume his session (note he never logged out), the jobs continued to run,
> > utilizing 100% of his CPU.  I looked into it, and saw that there was no kbbd
> > associated with his username (although a SYSTEM kbbd was running).  I then
> > logged in, using the "switch user" feature, and this spawned a kbbd under my
> > username.  This kbbd sensed my presence and took appropriate action with the
> > running jobs.  We then logged out of my session, returned to the other
> > user's session.still no kbbd associated with his name.  We then logged him
> > out, then back in again, and now there was a kbbd associated with his
> > username.  So it seems that kbbd is terminating for some reason, and not
> > being restarted upon session resume, only for the start of a new session.  I
> > should point out that both user accounts are administrators on this
> > machine.  I should also point out that the system has been working fine for
> > about 6 months, and this only surface after the last round of windows
> > updates.  I checked the kbbd log and found nothing out of the ordinary.
> > Has anybody encountered this before?  Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
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Todd Tannenbaum                       University of Wisconsin-Madison
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