I'm trying to be patient, but NO ONE has a clue or idea where I might
look to solve this?
I've asked here because I'm getting deafening silence on the Gentoo
forums too...
:(
Charles Marcus, on 1/6/2008 1:15 PM, said the following:
> Anyone? This is actually now a little worse - I updated the kernel (from
> 2.6.17 to 2.6.23), and mailman still won't start (gives me the [ !! ]
> error when I issue the /etc/init.d/mailman start command anad at boot
> time) - but now, the qrunner obviously isn't starting either, because
> the lists weren't responding until I issued a manual (as root)
> "/usr/lib64/mailmanctl -s start", after which all pending messages are
> delivered.
>
> I really need a little help here... could this be some kind of
> permissions or path problem? The location of the /bin dorectory was
> changed in this package update... where would I check the path of the
> 'bin' directory? Although, I did try to change the init script path to
> the full /usr/lib64/mailman/bin/mailmanctl path...
>
> check_perms shows no problems...
>
> Init script is shown below... this is on a Gentoo box, and I've asked on
> their forums, but thought I'd ask here too...
>
> Charles Marcus, on 12/29/2007 12:16 PM, said the following:
>> Charles Marcus, on 12/29/2007 11:34 AM, said the following:
>>> If I try to 'start' mailman, it won't start - I get the (!!) error. If I
>>> try to stop it, it says it isn't started.
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>
>> Hmmm... apparently the qrunner is running - if I manually issue the
>> mailmanct stop or -s start commands, it appears to work...
>>
>> I did verify these are correct in the startup script (see below) - but I
>> also notice two things: it is dated from 2004, and it is issuing the
>> command as 'su - mailman', but I am issuing the commands directly as
>> root - so maybe this script didn't get updated properly?
>>
>> #!/sbin/runscript
>> # Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
>> # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
>> # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-mail/mailman/files/mailman.rc,v
>> 1.5 2004/07/14 23:50:52 agriffis Exp $
>>
>> depend() {
>> need net
>> use logger
>> }
>>
>> start() {
>> ebegin "Starting mailman"
>> su - mailman -c 'bin/mailmanctl -s start' >/dev/null 2>&1
>> eend $?
>> }
>>
>> stop() {
>> ebegin "Stopping mailman"
>> su - mailman -c 'bin/mailmanctl stop' >/dev/null 2>&1
>> eend $?
>> }
>>
>> svc_restart() {
>> ebegin "Restarting mailman"
>> su - mailman -c 'bin/mailmanctl restart' >/dev/null 2>&1
>> eend $?
>> }
>>
>> Tia for any pointers and/or whacks with a clue-stick...
>
--
Best regards,
Charles
------------------------------------------------------
Mailman-Users mailing list
Mailman-Users@python.org
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
Unsubscribe:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
Security Policy:
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
