Le Jeu 20 juillet 2006 15:38, Chris Jones a écrit : > 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??? You do 3. as suggested -- Nicolas Mailhot