[smokeping-users] Multiple probe configuration not working correctly.

[Kelly Shutt]

OK, so get this... If I run smokeping from the command line, with 
smokeping --debug-daemon like you suggested, then it works fine and I 
see all the probes running and populating data fine.  However, I then 
stopped it and restarted again with the init script and it doesn't work 
again; not getting anything from FPing, but the DNS probe works fine.  
I'm thinking it has something to do with the way gentoo calls the 
application with start-stop-daemon; but I don't know enough to 
start-stop-daemon to troubleshoot farther.  Here's a copy of the init 
script; have a look and see if you have any ideas.

Thanks,
Kelly


#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

opts="start stop dump restore"

depend() {
        use dns
        need net
}

checkconfig() {
        if [[ ! -e "/usr/bin/smokeping" ]] ; then
                eerror "You need /usr/bin/smokeping to run smokeping!"
                return 1
        fi
        if [[ ! -e "/etc/smokeping" ]] ; then
                eerror "You need /etc/smokeping to run smokeping!"
                return 1
        fi
        einfo "Please remember to setup smokeping at /etc/smokeping!"
}

start() {
        checkconfig || return 1

        ebegin "Starting smokeping"
        LC_ALL=C \
        start-stop-daemon --start --name smokeping \
                --exec /usr/bin/smokeping \
                --chuid smokeping:smokeping
        eend $?
}

stop() {
        ebegin "Stopping smokeping"
        start-stop-daemon --stop \
                --pidfile /var/lib/smokeping/smokeping.pid
        eend $?
}

dump() {
        ebegin "Dumping smokeping rrd files to XML for backup or upgrade 
use"
        if service_started "${myservice}" ; then
                eerror "You need to stop smokeping before dumping files!"
                return 1
        fi
        for f in `find /var/lib/smokeping -name '*.rrd' -print` ; do
                f_xml=`dirname $f`/`basename $f .rrd`.xml
                rrdtool dump "$f" > "${f_xml}"
                chown root:0 "${f_xml}"
        done
        eend $?
}

restore() {
        ebegin "Restoring smokeping rrd files from XML dump files"
        if service_started "${myservice}" ; then
                eerror "You need to stop smokeping before restoring files!"
                return 1
        fi
        for f in `find /var/lib/smokeping -name '*.xml' -print` ; do
                f_rrd=`dirname $f`/`basename $f .xml`.rrd
                mv -f "${f_rrd}" "${f_rrd}.bak"
                chown root:0 "${f_rrd}.bak"
                rrdtool restore "$f" "${f_rrd}"
                chown smokeping:smokeping "${f_rrd}"
        done
        eend $?
}