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

[Ganeshh]

Hi Jon

The solution was finally simple, i renamed the error file to some other 
name and my web interface came up and i approved the tons of list mails.

Thanks a lot for you help

Regards
Ganeshh
Jon Carnes wrote:

>If I recall correctly, the next step is to look in the qfiles directory
>and move any files in there into a backup directory.  Then test to see
>if a new message goes through.
>
>If that works, you can feed the waiting files back into that directory a
>few at a time and let them be delivered.  At some point it will break
>again and that will help you find which one was corrupted (then delete
>that one - or set of files).
>
>Again, Good Luck!
>
>On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:21, Ganeshh wrote:
>
>>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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