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LINCD-879 : ERROR: Unable to connect to bitbake server, or start one (rare)

Created: Jan 18, 2020    Updated: Jul 15, 2021
Resolved Date: Jul 15, 2021
Found In Version: 10.20.6.0
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux CD
Component/s: Build & Config

Description

bitbake may fail to start when the system's load is high, and the error is:

ERROR: Unable to connect to bitbake server, or start one (rare)

 

Workaround:
 * Check to see if other bitbake processes are running in current build dir, kill them if there are any
 * Re-run the command

Steps to Reproduce

Build a core-image-FOO, such as:

Build in opensuse151_64 x86_64
Branch being built is master-wr
Logfiles are 00-wrconfig.log and 00-wrbuild.log
Relevant bits of the config were:
 setup.sh --distro=poky --machine=nxp-ls20xx --dl-layers --repo-verbose --verbose --accept-eula=yes
 notconfigure.sh --send-error-report=yes
 bitbake core-image-sat
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