Control: tags -1 +moreinfo Hi,
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 9:42 PM Helge Kreutzmann <deb...@helgefjell.de> wrote: > Since upgrading I get the error message: > fetchmail: can't accept options while a background fetchmail is running. > argc = 3, arg list: > arg 1 = "-a" > arg 2 = "-s" > > This also happens when called on the command line. > > However, fetchmail is not intended to run in the background, expecially: > > # cat /etc/default/fetchmail > … > # Declare here if we want to start fetchmail. 'yes' or 'no' > START_DAEMON=no Yes, this is for the initscripts. > But somehow it is in the background: > helge 2994 0.0 0.0 13984 8216 ? Ss 20:07 0:00 fetchmail > --nodetach --daemon 300 I think it is started by systemd. What do you get when issuing the following commands? $ systemctl --user status fetchmail.service $ systemctl --user disable fetchmail.service $ systemctl --user stop fetchmail.service # systemctl --global disable fetchmail (Please be aware the last command is run as root.) > In the system logs (from boot until now) I get lots of errors: This means the service is indeed installed and is in use. After executing the commands above, run your "fetchmail -a -s" again and see how it goes now. Sorry for the inconvenience, Laszlo/GCS
