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 Jay
