I've seen this happen when the Admin has the database for a list locked while they make changes via the Web-interface. Once they log out and release their lock on the database then qrunner can access the list and send the waiting messages.
I think it also happens when you send out to a large list and it takes qrunner several minutes to process the list. During that time, qrunner is already running and will not let a second process acquire a lock on the database that it is using. Are you seeing any problems with Mailman - meaning is it locking up and not delivering mail? Jon Carnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucas Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:43 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] qrunner locks are not always removed > Nov 15 21:51:02 2001 (5617) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:52:01 2001 (5619) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:53:02 2001 (5621) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:54:02 2001 (5623) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:55:03 2001 (5625) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:56:01 2001 (5627) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:57:01 2001 (5629) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:58:01 2001 (5631) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 21:59:01 2001 (5633) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 22:00:02 2001 (5637) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 22:01:02 2001 (5641) Could not acquire qrunner lock > Nov 15 22:02:03 2001 (5643) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 2.371 seconds > Nov 15 22:02:05 2001 (5643) smtp for 2 recips, completed in 2.232 seconds > Nov 16 10:56:07 2001 (7558) smtp for 16 recips, completed in 5.724 seconds > Nov 16 10:56:07 2001 (7558) post to holoseis from [EMAIL PROTECTED], > size=14 > > The above is a combination of the log files. It shows -I think- that qrunner > crashes and leaves its locks. Thereafter it cannot start and logs this (once > a minute). Then Something happens which removes the locks and everything > works fine. > > This leads to 2 questions: > 1. Why are the lock files not removed? (if that is because of qrunner > crashing, then why does it crash?) > 2. What event could remove the lock files and restore everything to its > proper state? > > -- > Regards, > > Lucas Hofman > PGS Research work: +47 67514059 > PO Box 354 fax: +47 67526640 > N-1326 Lysaker, Norway home: +47 67581373 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users