[Mailman-Users] [mailman hit by a bug error in 2.0.8]

[Ganeshh]

Hi Jon

I did the steps as you mentioned, i dont find any such process ids or 
lock files under locks directory...

check_perms gave result as No Errors Found.

The problem persists, what should i do next

Regards
Ganeshh


Jon Carnes wrote:

>You might consider upgrading to version 2.0.13...
>
>It's been quite awhile since I played with 2.0.8, but it looks like a
>locking problem. You might want to check for any older lock files that
>are still in the ~mailman/locks directory. If there are, the lock files
>have the number of the running process as part of their name.  
>
>You can use "ps -ax |grep <number>" to try and find the process that
>created the lock file.  If you do not find the process, delete the lock
>file.
>
>Also, as a long-shot, you might want to run
>  ~mailman/bin/check_perms -f
>to make sure that the rights for your locks directory is setup properly.
>
>Good Luck - Jon Carnes
>
>
>On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 09:38, Ganeshh wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I had a server crashed yesterday and i recovered my mail server running 
>>on exim with mailman 2.0.8  which has over 50 mailing list.
>>
>>There was too many mails in the mailman queue and i ran them manually 
>>and cleared. Since its a moderated list, when i got to the web interface 
>>for approval i get the following error
>>
>>
>>    Bug in Mailman version 2.0.8
>>
>>
>>      We're sorry, we hit a bug!
>>
>>Please inform the webmaster for this site of this problem. Printing of 
>>traceback and other system information has been explicitly inhibited, 
>>but the webmaster can find this information in the Mailman error logs.
>>
>>
>>hen i looked into the error file, the error message is as below
>>
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985): Traceback (most recent call last):
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985):   File "/home/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 282, in ?
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985):      kids = main(lock)
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985):   File "/home/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 195, in main
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985):      lock.refresh()
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985):   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 204, in refresh
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985):      raise NotLockedError
>>Oct 03 18:10:02 2003 qrunner(17985): Mailman.LockFile . NotLockedError  
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082): Traceback (most recent call last):
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082):   File "/home/mailman//cron/qrunner", line 282, in ?
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082):      kids = main(lock)
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082):   File "/home/mailman//cron/qrunner", line 195, in main
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082):      lock.refresh()
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082):   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 204, in refresh
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082):      raise NotLockedError
>>Oct 03 18:10:05 2003 qrunner(18082): Mailman.LockFile . NotLockedError  
>>Oct 03 18:10:06 2003 qrunner(18092): Traceback (most recent call last):
>>Oct 03 18:10:06 2003 qrunner(18092):   File "/home/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 275, in ?
>>Oct 03 18:10:06 2003 qrunner(18092):      lock.lock(timeout=0.5)
>>Oct 03 18:10:06 2003 qrunner(18092):   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 272, in lock
>>
>>how do i resolve this problem, am actually struck here...
>>
>>THanks in advance
>>Regards
>>Ganeshh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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