> Hy,

> I'm having the problem that many have these days. My Connector is
> loaded into the kernel as a Module.

> lsmod | grep cn
> cn                     13768  0

> But god.rb  still can't access it:

> I [2008-07-21 16:12:07]  INFO: Using pid file directory: /var/run/god
> E [2008-07-21 16:12:07] ERROR: Condition
> 'God::Conditions::ProcessExits' requires an event system but none has
> been loaded

> So I've written a nice configuration file for mysql and sshd, but I
> can throw them away.

> After some research on this problem, I discovered that the Connector
> has to be compiled into the kernel, and I have to build a custom
> kernel in order to use god.
> I'd love to use god, because it's ruby style and configuration is a
> ride in an amusement park.

> Do I really have to switch back to monit?

> Has someone found a solution to get god.rb running with the event
> system?
> Or has someone a good resource on how to extend (recompile) your
> existing kernel and avoid crashing the machine? I've never build a
> kernel on my own, so I'd rely on a good failsafe tutorial.

> When the problem is solved (I document my work on this server, because
> it should go production) I'd like to contribute my experienced in form
> of a tutorial or something.

> Thanks,

> Lukas Rieder

> I have not seen such a tutorial.  It would also be useful to have a
> tutorial on how to set up god w/o requiring the event system -- the
> benefits you mention don't require the cn module at all and god was
> originally written to simply use polling.

> However the example configs I've seen for god all use the events
> syntax, and so it would seem to require a fair bit of trial and error
> (or a thorough look at the source) to determine how to use simple
> polling.

> For now I went back to monit after running into the issue you did but
> taking a look at god sans events is on my eventual to-do list.  Not
> sure if anyone on the list has a polling config that they'd be willing
> to pastie for us.

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Lukas Rieder <l.rie...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hy,

> > I'm having the problem that many have these days. My Connector is
> > loaded into the kernel as a Module.

> > lsmod | grep cn
> > cn                     13768  0

> > But god.rb  still can't access it:

> > I [2008-07-21 16:12:07]  INFO: Using pid file directory: /var/run/god
> > E [2008-07-21 16:12:07] ERROR: Condition
> > 'God::Conditions::ProcessExits' requires an event system but none has
> > been loaded

> > So I've written a nice configuration file for mysql and sshd, but I
> > can throw them away.

> > After some research on this problem, I discovered that the Connector
> > has to be compiled into the kernel, and I have to build a custom
> > kernel in order to use god.
> > I'd love to use god, because it's ruby style and configuration is a
> > ride in an amusement park.

> > Do I really have to switch back to monit?

> > Has someone found a solution to get god.rb running with the event
> > system?
> > Or has someone a good resource on how to extend (recompile) your
> > existing kernel and avoid crashing the machine? I've never build a
> > kernel on my own, so I'd rely on a good failsafe tutorial.

> > When the problem is solved (I document my work on this server, because
> > it should go production) I'd like to contribute my experienced in form
> > of a tutorial or something.

> > Thanks,

> > Lukas Rieder