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    Hello,<br>
    <br>
    do you have ctl module loaded? If yes, you can connect with sercmd
    and get the pid of the fifo listener:<br>
    <br>
    sercmd&gt; ps<br>
    <br>
    Then connect with gdb:<br>
    <br>
    gdb /path/to/kamailio pidoffifolistener<br>
    <br>
    and get the backtrace.<br>
    <br>
    That should show what the fifo process is doing.<br>
    <br>
    Also, you can get the pid of fifo process at startup, with kamctl
    ps, store it for the time when it blocks in order to use it with
    gdb.<br>
    <br>
    I haven't encountered this issue, do you have lot of communication
    over fifo file? How many commands and how often are sent through
    fifo file?<br>
    <br>
    Cheers,<br>
    Daniel<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    On 1/18/11 11:52 AM, Anton Roman wrote:
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      cite="mid:AANLkTinpPFdj7G_FNYD7LPeQdSxTJihv6Ja7f47m+Z2S@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Hi, <br>
      <br>
      my reply is inline<br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">2011/1/18 Daniel-Constantin Mierla <span
          dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:miconda@gmail.com">miconda@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
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          <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hello,<br>
            <br>
            do you get anything in kamailio log messages when the fifo
            is not responding?<br>
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        <div>&nbsp;</div>
        <div>No, I didn't find anything regarding the fifo command in
          the logs.<br>
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            What version of kamailio do you have?<br>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
        <div>&nbsp;</div>
        <div>kamailio-3.0.2, the last time we updated the code was on
          August 1st, since then it is in production. <br>
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            Removing and creating a new one will not help, since
            kamailio will not reopen, so practically will still use the
            old file descriptor.<br>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
        <div>&nbsp;</div>
        <div>It makes all the sense.&nbsp; <br>
        </div>
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          <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <br>
            Cheers,<br>
            Daniel
            <div>
              <div class="h5"><br>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
        <div>Thank you very much,<br>
          regards,<br>
          Anton <br>
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              <div class="h5"> <br>
                On 1/18/11 10:54 AM, Anton Roman wrote: </div>
            </div>
            <blockquote type="cite">
              <div>
                <div class="h5">Hi all,<br>
                  <br>
                  I'm having trouble trying to execute fifo commands
                  with "kamctl fifo &lt;command&gt;". Just after
                  restarting Kamailio it works fine, however, sometimes
                  after some days running it doesn't respond. <br>
                  <br>
                  kamailio1:~#<b> kamctl fifo which</b><br>
                  <br>
                  It doesn't respond so I input <b>Crtl+c</b> and I
                  get:<br>
                  /usr/local/lib/kamailio//kamctl/kamctl.fifo: line 89:
                  /tmp/kamailio_fifo: Interrupted system call<br>
                  <br>
                  If I delete and create the fifo file again (with "rm
                  /tmp/kamailio_fifo" and "mkfifo /tmp/kamailio_fifo"
                  and "chmod 660 /tmp/kamailio_fifo") it keeps not
                  responding.<br>
                  <br>
                  Any help is welcome, what can be happening? Below you
                  can find info about the pipe and the running kamailio.<br>
                  <br>
                  Thanks in advance,<br>
                  Best regards<br>
                  <br>
                  Ant&oacute;n <br>
                  <br>
                  &nbsp;<br>
                  <br>
                  kamailio1:~# <b>ls -hall /tmp/kamailio_fifo </b><br>
                  prw-rw---- 1 root root 0 ene 17 12:01
                  /tmp/kamailio_fifo<br>
                  <br>
                  After deleting and creating the fifo file again:<br>
                  <br>
                  kamailio1:~# <b>ls -hall /tmp/kamailio_fifo </b><br>
                  prw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 ene 18 10:28
                  /tmp/kamailio_fifo<br>
                  <br>
                  kamailio1:~#<b> ps -ef | grep kama</b><br>
                  root&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 17369 17245&nbsp; 0 10:12 pts/0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00 grep
                  kama<br>
                  kamailio 23277&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23289 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23291 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23293 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23294 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23295 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:01:14
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23299 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:01:13
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23300 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:01:13
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23303 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:01:13
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23305 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:05:29
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23306 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:05:33
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23309 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:05:30
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23311 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:05:31
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23312 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:02
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23313 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:39
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23315 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23320 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23321 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23322 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:05
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
                  kamailio 23323 23277&nbsp; 0 Jan15 ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:00
                  /usr/local/sbin/kamailio -P
                  /var/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -m 512 -u kamailio -g
                  kamailio<br>
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