mcelog: warning: record length longer than expected. Consider update

[cool999]

I am getting these mails, please help me what to do..

/etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron:

mcelog: warning: record length longer than expected. Consider update.

 

[stugster]

A new server set up this week within our organisation is showing signs of this issue as well.

Linux ***.********.co.uk 2.6.32.2-xxxx-std-ipv4-64 #2 SMP Mon Jan 11 07:46:51 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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/etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron:

mcelog: warning: record length longer than expected. Consider update.

 

[cool999]

please someone help...

 

[cool999]

someone help....

please someone help...

 

[onscreen]

The same issue here.

Any hint for the solution?

 

[AdamDresch]

Getting the same problem here.

etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron:

mcelog: warning: record length longer than expected. Consider update.

 

[gvard]

Good morning,

This problem should have arised when the kernel was upgraded. I've seen both bugs for Fedora 11-13 and RHEL. Try upgrading mcelog.

 

[bhanuprasad1981]

any solution for this ? i am getting this error past 2 days

 

[gvard]

Hello,

What OS are you running and what kernel?

 

[bhanuprasad1981]

i am running centos 5.6 64bit ,kerenel ? how to check kernel ?

 

[gvard]

Hello,

uname -a

run the above command via SSH

 

[bhanuprasad1981]

here is resulot :-

[email protected] [~]# uname -a
Linux de.10gbin.com 2.6.35 #1 SMP Tue Oct 26 17:00:09 CEST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

[cPanelTristan]

Here's a discussion of the bug on RHEL site:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625761

Your kernel doesn't appear to be a standardized RHEL or CentOS kernel, so I have no way to know what to suggest here for which mcelog to use. As such, you can try to downgrade mcelog or upgrade mcelog to see if either works to resolve the errors, since the current version of mcelog that you are using isn't compatible with whatever kernel that happens to be.

 

[bhanuprasad1981]

i already tried "yum upgrade mcelog" but i end up with message "its already uptodate" how can i downgrade ?

 

[cPanelTristan]

You'd have to remove the rpm and then find a lower version of the rpm:

rpm -qa | grep mcelog
rpm -e mcelogrpmname.rpm
wget http://somepathtothelowerversionrpm
rpm -ivh mcelogolder.rpm

You'd replace the mcelogrpmname.rpm with the name you obtain from running the "rpm -qa | grep mcelog" command, you'd replace http://somepathtothelowerversionrpm with the rpm you find online that matches your CentOS distribution and architecture, and you'd replace mcelogolder.rpm with the name of that older rpm you'd placed onto your machine.

If you want to paste the output for the existing rpm on your machine so we know which one it happens to be, it's possible I could try to track down the rpm for you if you aren't able to locate the older rpm which bugzilla mentions as well in that link I previously provided.

 

[bhanuprasad1981]

thanks for reply here is output :-

[email protected] [~]# rpm -qa | grep mcelog
mcelog-0.9pre-1.30.el5

 

[bhanuprasad1981]

any help please

 

[cPanelTristan]

Since you are running 0.9pre-1.30 version, it might be that you need the 0.9pre-1.29 version instead. It's hard to know because of your custom kernel that isn't a stock CentOS or RedHat Enterprise one. As such, if 0.9pre-1.29 will work, here's how to uninstall the current version and install the older one:

rpm -e mcelog-0.9pre-1.30.el5
wget http://mirrors.gigenet.com/centos/5.6/os/x86_64/CentOS/mcelog-0.9pre-1.29.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh mcelog-0.9pre-1.29.el5.x86_64.rpm

If this does not work, you might have to search online to find a newer or even older rpm for mcelog. Alternatively, you could ask your provider to boot you into a non-customized CentOS or RedHat Enterprise kernel.

 

[ljesh]

I am receiving this on 1.30 and 1.29 version and it's very irritating.
Can please cPanel find a solution for this error since many of us are having this problem?

my uname -a
Linux host.domain.com 2.6.35 #1 SMP Tue Oct 26 17:00:09 CEST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

[cPanelTristan]

This would be a RedHat and CentOS issue which is vendor specific for the OS. Specifically, the log would be impacted by a customized kernel. The RedHat bug report indicates that this falls with the OS - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625761

This means that RedHat or CentOS would need to resolve the issue on their side. You may wish to contact them for further assistance.