perl: Configuration failed with a fatal error - plugin disabled!

[rajeshbabukolli]

Plugin loading failed while starting collectd server, this is my collectd logs

Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "syslog" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: type = syslog, key = LogLevel, value = info
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "perl" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: perl: Initializing Perl interpreter...
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: perl: init_pi: Unable to bootstrap Collectd: lock can only be used on shared values at /usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl line 4100.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: perl: Configuration failed with a fatal error - plugin disabled!
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "cpu" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "csv" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "df" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "load" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "memory" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "write_http" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5517]: plugin_load: plugin "swap" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectdmon[5505]: Warning: collectd terminated with exit status 1
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectdmon[5505]: Warning: restarting collectd
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5518]: plugin_load: plugin "syslog" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5518]: type = syslog, key = LogLevel, value = info
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5518]: plugin_load: plugin "perl" successfully loaded.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5518]: perl: Initializing Perl interpreter...
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5518]: perl: init_pi: Unable to bootstrap Collectd: lock can only be used on shared values at /usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl line 4100.
Jan 31 07:54:56 localhost collectd[5518]: perl: Configuration failed with a fatal error - plugin disabled!

My Perl version
root@localhost:~# perl -v

This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 55 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

My Top plugin config:

Globals true IncludeDir "/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2/Collectd/Plugins" BaseName "Collectd::Plugins" EnableDebugger "" LoadPlugin "Top"

    <Plugin Top>

TopProcessesCountByMemory "4"

TopProcessesCountByCPU "5"

    </Plugin>

root@localhost:/etc/init.d# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty

Could you check issue

[rajeshbabukolli]

This plugin not working on ubuntu 14.04 but it is working on ubuntu 16.04. It is not compatible with older versions.
Please suggest.

[michelgokan]

@rajeshbabukolli currently this plugin is only tested and supported on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or higher with Perl 5.018 or higher. Did you try it with the latest version of Perl?

[rajeshbabukolli]

Michel,
actually in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is also having higher version of perl, it is 5.182.

root@localhost:~# perl -v

This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 55 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

We don't the effects of latest perl with other services which are running, that's why i not updating perl.

[michelgokan]

@rajeshbabukolli I will try to re-create this problem with a fresh ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation, and will let you know ASAP.