SPECweb99 Support FAQ

The following two simple steps can answer 90% of SPECweb99 technical support questions:

  1. Read the User's Guide.
  2. Read the error messages provided by manager and act on the suggestions provided.
Q1: Is SPECweb99 easy for a novice to install and run?

Client Setup and Execution

Q2:What is the best installation method for Red Hat Linux 6.x? Q3: I compiled the SPECweb99 client on Solaris for x86 and it does not appear to work. It is stuck in an infinite loop, generating the following messages in the client log file when run with "client -D 511": Q4: The client gets the error message " Can't allocate shared memory" when a run starts? Q5: (NT) When I run the client from a command prompt, manager gets the error "Can't open socket to 'client_x'" and quits.

Problems Running Manager

Q6: (NT) I get the following error message when I run "specperl manager": Q7: (Unix) I get the following error messages when I run "specperl manager":

Server Setup with specweb99-cgi.pl

Q8: Why aren't complete setup instructions included for my web server and OS? Q9: How do I get Perl scripts to run with Microsoft's IIS? Q10: CAD GETs fail, and when I look at dyncadget.out or try one manually, I get the source code of specweb99-cgi.pl. Q11: Why do I get errors in the POST validation running Netscape Enterprise Server? Q12: CAD GETs fail on Apache with mod_perl using the supplied specweb99-cgi.pl with the error "ERROR: seek failed in /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/User.Personality: Invalid argument" in dyncadget.out. Q13: CAD GETs fail on Apache with error 500. Apache's error log says "Premature end of script headers: /home/httpd/html/spec/cgi-bin/specweb99-cgi.pl" Q14: I get the error "Can't find top of document tree, please configure value CGI script manually". What do I do? Q15: I get the following errors in checking the dynamic CAD GET:

General Support Questions

Q16: Why can't I get more than x simultaneous connections on my server? The results pages show much higher results for the same server. Q17: Why can't I get more than 250 simultaneous connections from my server running SPECweb99? Q18: How many clients should I set up?
Last updated: Tue Jul 25 12:40:14 EDT 2000
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