What does "did not return OK" mean?

ROOT
#1

Hi,
My network isn’t totally awful, but it isn’t great. But after almost every request to PROOF I’m seeing the following message:

-> Lite-0: merging output objects ... - (1 workers still sending) -> Lite-0: merging output objects ... \ (1 workers still sending) -> Lite-0: merging output objects ... | (1 workers still sending) -> Mst-0: grand total: sent 139 objects, size: 202179 bytes -> 101020 13:50:57 001 Proofx-E: Conn::CheckResp: server [XXXX.phys.washingto n.edu:1093] did not return OK replying to last request -> 101020 13:50:57 001 Proofx-E: Conn::CheckErrorStatus: EXT: sending message to proofserv

Does that mean the reply timed out? Or does that mean that some other reply (i.e. an error) came back? What should I do when I see this error?

Cheers, Gordon.

#2

Dear Gordon,

This in general means that the underlying XrdClient transaction was not OK. In the specific case,
the proofserv was not able to send something to the next step …

But I am bit confused by the fact that your log shows message tags from “Lite-0” and “Mst-0”/“Proofx-E” !?

Can you explain what is the setup?
When you run in PROOF-Lite there is no Xproofd/Proofx involved …

Gerri

#3

Hi,
Sorry to take so long to get back to you - end of a workshop.

I build the head version of ROOT (head as of this last Weds I think), and once that is done, I type “xproofd” at the comment line. I then go back to my remote machine (which is running W7, and also has a Weds afternoon build of ROOT on it) and start using PROOF. Those were the messages that came back. :slight_smile:

I can get you access to that instance of PROOF if you like, just contact me via private email.

Cheers, Gordon.

P.S. This is a “test” setup - I’m teaching myself how to use PROOF, so there is no configuration that is done.