[Backgroundrb-devel] Invalid worker with name...

[hemant kumar]

Can you post your worker code? There is a known problem with OSX where a
newly spawned worker becomes usable only after fraction of second.

Although it works okay on Linux.

On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 10:00 -0400, Sam Hendley wrote:
> Hello all, I have been researching background processing options and I
> think BackgroundDRb is a good fit for our project. 
> 
>  
> 
> I set up a test project to play around and prototype the behavior I
> want but I ran into the same problem as Reynard. I created a skeleton
> worker using the generator and I am trying to call a test function on
> the worker. (basically following the tutorial)
> 
>  
> 
> Here’s the code I’m trying to run:
> 
>  
> 
> >> MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :upload_worker, :worker_key
> => :test_key)
> 
> => “work”
> 
> >> MiddleMan.worker(:upload_worker, :test_key).upload()
> 
> => nil
> 
>  
> 
> And heres what I see in the logs:
> 
> Invalid worker with name upload_worker_test_work and key test_work
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_connection.rb:52:in `ask_worker'
> 
>  /home/sam/bdb_test/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:103:in `async_method_invoke'
> 
>  /home/sam/bdb_test/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:37:in `receive_data'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:44:in `extract'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in `loop'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in `extract'
> 
>  /home/sam/bdb_test/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:32:in `receive_data'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:232:in `read_external_socket'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:222:in `handle_external_messages'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:196:in `handle_read_event'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:192:in `each'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:192:in `handle_read_event'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:146:in `start_reactor'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:139:in `loop'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:139:in `start_reactor'
> 
>  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.13/lib/packet/packet_master.rb:21:in `run'
> 
>  /home/sam/bdb_test/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_proxy.rb:14:in `initialize'
> 
>  script/backgroundrb:46:in `new'
> 
>  script/backgroundrb:46
> 
>  
> 
> Reynard did you ever solve this problem? It must be something basic I
> am missing can anyone point me in the right direction?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sam Hendley
> 
> 
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