Amavisd does not start

[Chris Jones]

Jay Cliburn wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 02:38:01PM +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
>   
>> Justin Willmert wrote:
>>     
>>> Chris Jones wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Le mercredi 19 juillet 2006 à 21:08 +0100, Chris Jones a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I have chosen to install amavis-new with my FC5 installation. This 
>>>>>> also loads clamav. However, when I look at the amavis service, I 
>>>>>> get the response "amavisd dead but subsys locked". I have checked 
>>>>>> everything I can think of, but cannot get amavisd to start. Does 
>>>>>> anyone here have any suggestions?
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>             
>>>>> 1. remove the dangling lock
>>>>> 2. start amavis
>>>>> 3. take a peek in /var/log/maillog
>>>>>  
>>>>>           
>>>> I looked for the dangling lock. However, I can find nothing. I would 
>>>> expect to find it (with amavisd running) at /var/run/amavisd/ along 
>>>> with the pid file, but there is nothing. Where else should I look?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Try looking in /var/lock/subsys.
>>>       
>> I have tried that. I removed the hanging lock, which when checked, 
>> stopped amavisd. However, on starting amavisd, apparently successfully, 
>> after checking the status, amavisd was again dead but subsys locked.
>>
>> I seem to be going around in circles. HOW do I correct this???
>>     
>
> Perhaps you're being hit by these seemingly related bugs.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199014
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199044
>   
I do not think that either of these directly relate to me. I am running 
2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 x86_64, so 199014 does not apply as that is FC6. 
199044 seems to only relate to cpuspeed, whereas I am unable to run 
amavisd and sometimes clamd.amavisd.

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Chris Jones