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Alan, I believe you have an error in your ldmd.conf file. To debug this try # All lines that start with a "#" sign are comments. # # To debug an LDM that hangs on start up, run the following from LDM home: % bin/rpc.ldmd -vl - -q data/ldm.pq etc/ldmd.conf # # log messages will come to the terminal # # If the LDM still hangs, comment out all lines in the ldmd.conf file, try # again. # # The request lines hostname should appear without any regular expression # characters. Robb... ps. I was unable to decode the attachments with either uudecode or mmencode. On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Unidata Support wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >From: address@hidden > >Subject: ldmadmin start hangs > >Organization: NOAA/NCDC > >Keywords: 199908131316.HAA11067 LDM > > --0__=Gl07GuyBvbWeOEIfCruPBCbK1Q8zmgaGpAlFKx88IAHczbYabEkUJmzn > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > I am trying to set up a new LDM along with my NRS and acqserver software > from FSL. I think I have the NRS and the acqserver up and working, but > when i try to start the LDM, it just stops at 'starting the LDM server' and > hangs. I'm not sure I have anything set up properly, but I am attaching my > ldmd.conf and pqact.conf files. Any suggestions would be greatly > appreciated!! > > (See attached file: ldmd.conf)(See attached file: pqact.conf) > > Thanks, > Alan. > > Alan Hall > National Climatic Data Cetner > Ashevile, NC > 828-271-4071 > > > > National Climatic Data Center > > > > > > --0__=Gl07GuyBvbWeOEIfCruPBCbK1Q8zmgaGpAlFKx88IAHczbYabEkUJmzn > Content-type: application/octet-stream; > name="ldmd.conf" > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ldmd.conf" > Content-transfer-encoding: base64 > > IyMjIyMKIyAkSWQ6IGxkbWQuY29uZix2IDEuOSAxOTk4LzEwLzA3IDE2OjUxOjE2IHJrYW1iaWMg > RXhwICQKIyBTYW1wbGUgbGRtZC5jb25mIGZvciBsZG01CiMjIyMKIwojIFByb2dyYW1zIHRoYXQg > c2hhcmUgYSBxdWV1ZSB3aXRoIHJwYy5sZG1kCiMgYXJlIHN0YXJ0ZWQgYnkgaXQgYW5kIGFyZSBp > biB0aGUgc2FtZSBwcm9jZXNzIGdyb3VwLgojCmV4ZWMJInBxZXhwaXJlIgpleGVjCSJwcWJpbnN0 > YXRzIgpleGVjCSJwcWFjdCIKI2V4ZWMJInBxc3VyZiIKIwojIExETTUgc2VydmVycyByZXF1ZXN0 > IGRhdGEKIwojCXJlcXVlc3QJPGZlZWRzZXQ+IDxwYXR0ZXJuPiA8aG9zdG5hbWUgcGF0dGVybj4K > IwojcmVxdWVzdAlXTU8KIyAgCSIuKiIKIyAJemVyby51bmlkYXRhLnVjYXIuZWR1LgojCiMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMKIyBCZWdpbiBBY2Nlc3MgY29udHJvbAojIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjCiMKIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwojIEFMTE9XOiBXaG8gd2UgYXJlIHdpbGxp > bmcgdG8gZmVlZAojCiMgYWxsb3cJPGZlZWRzZXQ+IDxob3N0bmFtZSBwYXR0ZXJuPgojIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjCiMKIyBzZW5kIGFueXRoaW5nIHRvIHlvdXIgb3duIG1hY2hpbmUKYWxs > b3cJQU5ZCV4oKGxvY2FsaG9zdHxsb29wYmFjayl8KDEyN1wuMFwuMFwuMVwuPyQpCiMKIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwojIEFDQ0VQVDogV2hvIGNhbiBmZWVkIHVzLCBjdXJyZW50bHkgdGhp > cyBhY3Rpb24gaXMgb25seSBuZWVkZWQgZm9yIFdTSSBkYXRhCiMKIyBhY2NlcHQgPGZlZWRzZXQ+ > IDxwYXR0ZXJuPiA8aG9zdG5hbWUgcGF0dGVybj4KIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwojIGFj > Y2VwdCBhbnl0aGluZyBmcm9tIHlvdXJzZWxmCiMKYWNjZXB0CUFOWQkuKgleKChsb2NhbGhvc3R8 > bG9vcGJhY2spfCgxMjdcLjBcLjBcLjFcLj8kKSkKIyBhY2NlcHQgZnJvbSB5b3VyIHVwc3RyZWFt > IHNpdGUKIwojYWNjZXB0CVdTSQojICAgIC4qCiMgICAgXlthLXpdLipcLnVuaVwud3NpY29ycFwu > Y29tJAojCiMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMKIyBFbmQgQWNjZXNzIGNvbnRyb2wKIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMj > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwo= > > --0__=Gl07GuyBvbWeOEIfCruPBCbK1Q8zmgaGpAlFKx88IAHczbYabEkUJmzn > Content-type: application/octet-stream; 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