Subj : Re: binkd error
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Wed Jul 03 2019 06:24 pm

-=> On 07-03-19 09:20, Richard Menedetter wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 TL> + 03 Jul 14:27:02 [16166] getaddrinfo failed: Servname not supported
 TL> for ai_socktype (-8)

 RM> Indeed strange ... ai_socktype should be TCP/UDP:
 RM> ai_socktype
 RM> This field specifies the preferred socket type, for example SOCK_STREAM
 RM> or SOCK_DGRAM.  Specifying 0 in this field indicates that socket
 RM> addresses of any type can be returned by getaddrinfo().

OK.

 RM> I do not think it has something to do with BinkD.
 RM> It is just an error that your OS (Linux?) reports back to BinkD.
 RM> The question is why ... to be honest I have no clue.
 RM> Easiest would be to hardcode an IPv4 address ... that should work by
 RM> eliminating the DNS query.

Tried that, still getting the error.

 RM> If you want to get to the bottom of this you could use ltrace to trace
 RM> what calls are done, and take a look what is in the call that fails.

Hmm, not a tool I'm familiar with. :(

 RM> It could also be an IPv4/IPv6 issue maybe??

Maybe, though I've been fully native IPv4/IPv6 capable for 8 years, and the
really weird part is everything worked until recently, and there's nothing I
recall changing.  It also only affects one uplink, the rest poll fine.


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