i''ll try that.

uh... what does "kb article" mean? :P

i searched google, seems to be a common phrase, but i can''t seem to define it :P

sorry :P i''m not that familiar with kill -3... but shouldn''t a kill -3 log it in stdout.log or something like threaddump.. in jre directory or log directory?

root@gagax jre# ps -ef|grep bot

bot       7683     1  2 18:10 ?        00:08:21 /opt/wildfire/jre/bin/java -server -Dinstall4j.jvmDir=/opt/wildfire/jre -Dinstall4j.appDir=/opt/wildfire -Dexe4j.moduleName=/opt/wildfire/bin/wildfire -classpath /opt/wildfire/.install4j/i4jruntime.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/activation.jar:/opt/w ildfire/lib/bouncycastle.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/commons-el.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/ hsqldb.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/hsqldbutil.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/jasper-compiler.ja r:/opt/wildfire/lib/jasper-runtime.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/jdic.jar:/opt/wildfire/ lib/jtds.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/mail.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/mysql.jar:/opt/wildfir e/lib/postgres.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/servlet.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/startup.jar:/ opt/wildfire/lib/wildfire.jar com.install4j.runtime.Launcher start org.jivesoftware.wildfire.starter.ServerStarter false false /opt/wildfire/bin/../logs/stderror.log /opt/wildfire/bin/../logs/stdoutt.log true true false  true true 0 0  20 20 Arial 0,0,0 8 500 version 2.6.2 20 40 Arial 0,0,0 8 500 -1 -DwildfireHome=/opt/wildfire -Dwildfire.lib.dir=/opt/wildfire/lib start

root     16692 16424  0 23:57 pts/0    00:00:00 grep bot

root@gagax jre# kill -3 7683

root@gagax bin# pwd

/opt/wildfire/jre/bin

root@gagax bin# ls -al

total 1348

drwxr-xr-x  2 bot users   4096 May 31 21:41 .

drwxr-xr-x  4 bot users   4096 May 31 21:41 ..

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users   4153 Apr 21 02:12 ControlPanel

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  64812 Apr 21 02:12 java

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  26366 Apr 21 02:12 java_vm

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 keytool

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 kinit

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 klist

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 ktab

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 orbd

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 pack200

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72760 Apr 21 02:12 policytool

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 rmid

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 rmiregistry

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 servertool

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users  72752 Apr 21 02:12 tnameserv

-rwxr-xr-x  1 bot users 394235 Apr 21 02:12 unpack200

root@gagax bin#

root@gagax logs# pwd

/opt/wildfire/logs

root@gagax logs# ls -la

total 296

drwxr-xr-x   2 bot users   4096 Jun  2 00:33 .

drwxr-xr-x  11 bot users   4096 May 31 21:41 ..

-rw-rr   1 bot users   3063 Jun  1 17:53 admin-console.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users      0 May 31 21:43 debug.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users  96269 May 31 22:29 error_1.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users 162680 Jun  1 20:12 error.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users   3341 Jun  1 18:10 info.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users    271 Jun  1 18:09 stderror.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users      0 Apr 21 02:09 stderr.out

-rw-rr   1 bot users    117 Jun  1 18:10 stdoutt.log

-rw-rr   1 bot users      0 May 31 21:43 warn.log

root@gagax logs#

root@gagax bin# ps -ef|grep bot

bot       7683     1  2 Jun01 ?        00:10:07 /opt/wildfire/jre/bin/java -server -Dinstall4j.jvmDir=/opt/wildfire/jre -Dinstall4j.appDir=/opt/wildfire -Dexe4j.moduleName=/opt/wildfire/bin/wildfire -classpath /opt/wildfire/.install4j/i4jruntime.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/activation.jar:/opt/w ildfire/lib/bouncycastle.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/commons-el.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/ hsqldb.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/hsqldbutil.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/jasper-compiler.ja r:/opt/wildfire/lib/jasper-runtime.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/jdic.jar:/opt/wildfire/ lib/jtds.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/mail.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/mysql.jar:/opt/wildfir e/lib/postgres.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/servlet.jar:/opt/wildfire/lib/startup.jar:/ opt/wildfire/lib/wildfire.jar com.install4j.runtime.Launcher start org.jivesoftware.wildfire.starter.ServerStarter false false /opt/wildfire/bin/../logs/stderror.log /opt/wildfire/bin/../logs/stdoutt.log true true false  true true 0 0  20 20 Arial 0,0,0 8 500 version 2.6.2 20 40 Arial 0,0,0 8 500 -1 -DwildfireHome=/opt/wildfire -Dwildfire.lib.dir=/opt/wildfire/lib start

root     18823 16424  0 00:39 pts/0    00:00:00 grep bot

root@gagax bin#

process still alive.

thanks, this is very helpful~~

root@gagax bin# pwd

/opt/wildfire/bin

root@gagax bin# ls -al

drwxr-xr-x   3 bot users   4096 Jun  2 00:47 .

drwxr-xr-x  11 bot users   4096 May 31 21:41 ..

drwxr-xr-x   2 bot users   4096 May 31 21:41 extra

-rw-------   1 bot users 272018 Jun  1 23:55 nohup.out

-rwxr-xr-x   1 bot users   7213 Apr 21 02:12 wildfire

root@gagax bin#

file is HUGE... what should my next step be :P

Full thread dump Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.5.0_06-b05 mixed mode):

"Client SR - 11316080" daemon prio=1 tid=0xa2d01888 nid=0x4095 sleeping[0xa7c9d000..0xa7c9df30]

        at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)

.....

272 kb...

thanks, i tried it when the chat was in a "few second frozen" mode :P. chat server is responding though, unlike the two times when it seems to "really freeze".(i''ve been running wildfire for months on a low volume site with no problems, but only for 24hrs on my high volume site which is giving me problems)

"grep -i dead nohup.out" -> no dead threads... stderror.log is essentially empty.

i''ll try the kill -3 next time i see the server "really freeze".

right now i have only 150 users concurrently in the chat room, it froze last time after getting over 300 users... so i think i''ll have to wait till peak visiting time again. unless i get rid of the chat room before then because it''s harming the quality of my site .