[FC8] irqbalance dead but subsys locked

[Bill Davidsen]

Deepak Shrestha wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My FC8 installation went well and running well too but every time I
> shutdown my computer, I can see the message that "irqbalance
> [FAILED]".  I didn't mind it much. Today when I was configuring the
> services, I saw the irqbalance services and its status was "irqbalance
> dead but subsys locked". So far I am not affected by failing of this
> particular services but I am just curious about it. As the name
> suggests, it must be for balancing irq services
> 
> but
> 
> Is this a serious problem? Is there a way to solve it? Can I disable
> this service?
> 
> By the way this is personal fedora installation.
> 
So does it start okay, or does that fail because there's a lock file? 
You might have to restart the subsystem, or even manually remove the 
lock file and then start the subsystem. If it's dying there should be 
something in the logs.

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