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Where can I find the Log? Getting 'Illegal instruction' when running the python client.

Asked by Kevin Lucas

Hi All,

Where does the pythong xibo client log to?

I'm getting something similar to:
https://answers.launchpad.net/xibo/+question/122584
and
https://answers.launchpad.net/xibo/+question/131559

Which both suggest that video card/drivers are the problem but I don't see a log file either in the /opt/xibo or /var/log directories to investigate further.

Thanks in advance.

kev.

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Best Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#1

It depends what you've configured it to do. By default it sends its logs
back to the server.

What exactly is it doing or not doing?

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Kevin Lucas (yu210148) said : 		#2

Ah! <smacks self on forehead> That would make sense. I was looking for the log on the client itself.

As for what it's doing; when I run the run.sh script it works at it for a few seconds and dumps out. The output I'm getting on the command line is:

<snip>
Xibo Client v1.2.0a1
Reading default configuration
Reading user configuration
Log Level is: 0
Logging will be handled by: XiboLogXmds
Switching to new logger
Illegal instruction
</snip>

I think you're reply to Alexandre Januario in Question #131559 about the video card not being compatible with libavg is what's going on. I installed the python client on top of 10.04 LTS on an old P2 junker of a machine I found lying around as an experiment. Frankly I'm somewhat surprised that the Xubuntu install disk didn't' go tell me what to do with my P2! It had an on-board Intel based video card that was probably so old and decrepit that libavg didn't know what the heck to do with it. I tried it on another Xubuntu machine (a P4 with another on-board Intel based video card) and it worked just fine.

kev.

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Kevin Lucas (yu210148) said : 		#3

Thanks Alex Harrington, that solved my question.

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#4

You need a nVidia, ATI or recent Intel graphics card really for it to work.

I'd be very suprised if a P2 machine was powerful enough to run it too.

Alex

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Kevin Lucas (yu210148) said : 		#5

Ya, I figured as much. I was just confused because I couldn't find the logfile. :)