[mrtg] issue with snmp and mrtg on debian etch.

[thefinn]

SNMPD = 5.2.3
mrtg = 2.14.7

I googled for bug reports, but only found one that was not debian 
specific from what I read and had to do with a mib error for a 
particular piece of equipment - it was also not in reference to local 
services, it was a remote piece of equipment. The fix was the OID had a 
0 added to the end of it.

I'm not sure it applied not knowing enough about mibs etc..
I had this working years ago out of the box, I figured it would not be 
difficult to install until I ran into this issue.

Thanks



Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 13:37, thefinn <thefinn12345 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> After installing both the snmpd and mrtg packages I am getting the
>> following output when trying to poll the ethernet information from snmpd.
>>     
>
> May you please report the version of the packages you've installed?
>
>   
>> thefinn:/etc/snmp# env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg
>> SNMP Error:
>> Received SNMP response with error code
>>  error status: noSuchName
>>  index 2 (OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.2)
>> SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "localhost" [127.0.0.1].161)
>>                  community: "*removed*"
>>                 request ID: 1369057062
>>                PDU bufsize: 8000 bytes
>>                    timeout: 2s
>>                    retries: 5
>>                    backoff: 1)
>>  at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_util.pm line 490
>> SNMPGET Problem for ifInOctets.2 ifOutOctets.2 sysUptime sysName on
>> public at localhost::::::v4only
>>  at /usr/bin/mrtg line 2043
>> 2008-07-10 21:38:27: ERROR: Target[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0][_IN_] '
>> $target->[0]{$mode} ' did not eval into defined data
>> 2008-07-10 21:38:27: ERROR: Target[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0][_OUT_] '
>> $target->[0]{$mode} ' did not eval into defined data
>>
>>
>> # Global configuration
>> WorkDir: /var/www/html/mrtg
>> WriteExpires: Yes
>>
>> Title[^]: Traffic Analysis for
>> Target[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: 2:public at localhost
>> Xsize[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: 600
>> Ysize[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: 200
>> Ytics[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: 10
>> MaxBytes[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: 1250000
>> Background[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: #738AA6
>> Title[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: thefinn.hackwith.us
>> (thefinn.hackwith.us.): eth0
>> PageTop[thefinn.hackwith.us.eth0]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for
>> thefinn.hackwith.us eth0</h1>
>>     
>
> Did you give a look at[1] to verify if this bug has already been
> reported? The problem could be even in perl/snmp perl libs.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sandro
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=mrtg
>
>