[asterisk-users] reload stopping EVERYTHING on CLI and causing havoc.

[Al Baker]

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Oh and also, in my implementation there are no queues. It seems to be
>> not related, I've had it in EVERY version of Asterisk I've used."

 Hmmm- maybe this should be mentioned in the next "is * Really Good Thread ?"


Mark Hamilton wrote:
> Same here.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Sherwood
> McGowan
> Sent: May 22, 2008 4:16 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] reload stopping EVERYTHING on CLI and causing
> havoc.
>
> Steve Totaro wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Sherwood McGowan
>> <sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Steve Totaro wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Sherwood McGowan
>>>> <sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Mark Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday I made a change in queues.conf and so tried doing a reload
>>>>>> app_queue.so in the CLI. (Using 1.4.18). It didn't seem to do
>>>>>> anything, infact all action on CLI stopped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then, I did a reload. Same thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After that there was no other way.. because even stop now wouldn't
>>>>>> work, so I did a service asterisk restart
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And then asterisk kept giving the same thing on prompt "Died
>>>>>> successfully" and all that it usually says when you issue a stop now,
>>>>>> except it kept showing that on root prompt after doing a service
>>>>>> asterisk restart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did a killall asterisk, and finally it stopped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then started asterisk service. It was fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did a full restart at night, and it was fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NOW, I wanted to do a reload again today mid-day when in full use, and
>>>>>> it still didn't work, and ALL of the above happened again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I diagnose what's causing this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> I've had this problem before, haven't debugged it. I definitely look
>>>>> forward to hearing what is said about this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Example from my recent experience, I wanted to restart the server and
>>>>>           
> so
>   
>>>>> did
>>>>>
>>>>> pbx0*CLI> restart now
>>>>>
>>>>> But nothing happened...system continued to allow calls to take place.
>>>>> I've found that sometimes exiting and reconnecting to the CLI helps,
>>>>>           
> but
>   
>>>>> there have been a couple occasions where NOTHING would allow the server
>>>>> to restart save for a reboot. Even killall asterisk didn't kill the
>>>>> process....
>>>>>
>>>>> Sherwood McGowan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> You are using Asterisk 1.2.x?  I have seen this many, many times.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes the CLI becomes unresponsive, sometimes queues crap out or
>>>> stops delivering calls to agents, sometimes it just takes a bit and
>>>> then becomes responsive again.
>>>>
>>>> The rule of thumb is don't reload queues when there are people in
>>>> queue, at least that seems to eliminate the problems I have seen.
>>>> Makes sense too.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure if it is fixed in 1.4.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Steve Totaro
>>>>
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>>> Oh and also, in my implementation there are no queues. It seems to be
>>> not related, I've had it in EVERY version of Asterisk I've used.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> I have observed it on repeated general reloads on all versions.
>> That's why I don't reload very much, only planned.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve Totaro
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> My problem exists even when issuing a restart now or stop now command at 
> the CLI.
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