Missing labels on some graphs

Codespeare · Post by **Codespeare** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:12 pm

Operating System: Win2k
Webserver: Apache 2.0.55
Cacti: 0.8.6h w/patches
Cactid: 0.8.6g
MySQL: 5.0.18-nt
PHP: 4.4.2
RRDTool: 1.2.12-cygwin
Net-SNMP: 5.0.3.1
Cygwin: Not installed separately - whatever is included with the apps that need it

The subject pretty much says it all.. Some of the graphs are missing labeling, but otherwise everything is working properly. I tried searching, but didn't find anything of relavence. Help?

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:24 pm

If some graphs have text while others do not, then you're experiencing a common rrdtool 1.2 bug.

Codespeare · Post by **Codespeare** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:36 pm

Am I correct in assuming the only way to fix it is to downgrade to 1.0.*? Does anyone know where the problem stems from? e.g. Is it doccumented anywhere, such that I could download the source and try to fix it?

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:29 pm

The source code is available from http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/

Some of the early rrdtool 1.2 versions didn't have this bug... but they have a lot of others. So the tradeoff is up to you. If you go back to rrdtool 1.0.x, thats fine too, you just loose all the neat features that came with 1.2

I believe the problem more frequently when the cpu on the system is taxes while creating the graphs. For example on my old-ass cacti server which is a P3 450, I almost always see graphs which are missing their text. On the otherhand, when testing stuff out on my P3 3ghz, I rarely see text missing. I haven't bothered to look into the source code to figure it out. IF you do, let Tobi know the fix!

EC · Post by EC » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:47 pm

Hm. So far, every graph I've managed to generate is missing the text. On two systems, at that (one p4 1.5 and a Xeon 4 CPU server). I thought it was something I've been doing wrong...

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:23 am

If every graph is missing text, then you haven't specified a rrdtool font in setttings.

EC · Post by EC » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:59 am

It's the simple things...thanks for the tip.

Codespeare · Post by **Codespeare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:44 pm

I dont know if this is a coincidence, or the answer, or something I was doing wrong.. But I went Console -> Settings -> Visual -> Default RRDtool 1.2 Fonts; I then pasted in the same font from Paths -> RRDTool Default Font Path; Since then, I have not generated any label-less graphs. Whatever it is, I'm happy

larioul · Post by **larioul** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:10 am

cacti 0.8.6h
EasyPHP 1.8 (PHP 5)
rrdtools 1.2
php.cmd (not cactid)

My graph fonts disappear one time by day

When I restart my easyPHP they comme back !

Any idéa ?

Codespeare · Post by **Codespeare** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:23 pm

I'm by no means an expert, but I've found Cacti to be very choosy as far as what it will and will not work with. I would highly recommend installing the components (Apache, PHP, etc) separately, instead of as part of a package (EasyPHP).

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:29 pm

Codespeare wrote:I would highly recommend installing the components (Apache, PHP, etc) separately, instead of as part of a package (EasyPHP).

I second that.

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