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Alan, do an % ps -eaf | grep ldm make sure all ldm processes are gone. Then do an: rpcinfo -p make sure port 388 is not in use. Make sure all the lines in ldmd.conf are commented out. check for sanity sake. Do an: % ldmadmin clean % bin/rpc.ldmd -vl - -q data/ldm.pq etc/ldmd.conf If it still doesn't start you probably need to get me a login on your system. BTW, you never stated what type of system it is or OS. Robb... ps. Also check that bind is running on the machine, otherwise the ldm can't get port 388. You might have to reboot the machine with all these ldm start attempts, systems get confused. Robb.... On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 address@hidden wrote: > > > LDM still hangs on startup. I tried the command you suggested below and > got the prompt back almost immediately, but ldm was not started when I did > a ps -ef. I then did the following: > > commented out all lines in the ldmd.conf including the exec commands > ldmadmin stop > Aug 16 17:46:26 UTC squall.ncdc.noaa.gov : make_lockfile: another > ldmadmin process exists > ldmadmin stop > stopping the LDM server... > LDM server stopped > ldmadmin delqueue > ldmadmin mkqueue > ldmadmin newlog > ldmadmin start > starting the LDM server... > > I then commented out all lines in the pqact.conf and tried all this again, > but it still hung. > > Could it be the way I start everything up? I start the NRS system first, > then the acqserver software, then the LDM. Should I be starting LDM first? > > > > > > > > Robb Kambic <address@hidden> on 08/16/99 11:38:36 AM > > > > To: Alan Hall/NCDC > > cc: support-ldm <address@hidden> > > > > Subject: Re: 19990813: ldmadmin start hangs > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > IyMjIyMKIyAkSWQ6IGxkbWQuY29uZix2IDEuOSAxOTk4LzEwLzA3IDE2OjUxOjE2IHJrYW1iaWM > g > > > RXhwICQKIyBTYW1wbGUgbGRtZC5jb25mIGZvciBsZG01CiMjIyMKIwojIFByb2dyYW1zIHRoYXQ > g > > > c2hhcmUgYSBxdWV1ZSB3aXRoIHJwYy5sZG1kCiMgYXJlIHN0YXJ0ZWQgYnkgaXQgYW5kIGFyZSB > p > > > biB0aGUgc2FtZSBwcm9jZXNzIGdyb3VwLgojCmV4ZWMJInBxZXhwaXJlIgpleGVjCSJwcWJpbnN > 0 > > > YXRzIgpleGVjCSJwcWFjdCIKI2V4ZWMJInBxc3VyZiIKIwojIExETTUgc2VydmVycyByZXF1ZXN > 0 > > > IGRhdGEKIwojCXJlcXVlc3QJPGZlZWRzZXQ+IDxwYXR0ZXJuPiA8aG9zdG5hbWUgcGF0dGVybj4 > K > > > IwojcmVxdWVzdAlXTU8KIyAgCSIuKiIKIyAJemVyby51bmlkYXRhLnVjYXIuZWR1LgojCiMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMKIyBCZWdpbiBBY2Nlc3MgY29udHJvbAojIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjCiMKIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwojIEFMTE9XOiBXaG8gd2UgYXJlIHdpbGx > p > > > bmcgdG8gZmVlZAojCiMgYWxsb3cJPGZlZWRzZXQ+IDxob3N0bmFtZSBwYXR0ZXJuPgojIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjCiMKIyBzZW5kIGFueXRoaW5nIHRvIHlvdXIgb3duIG1hY2hpbmUKYWx > s > > > b3cJQU5ZCV4oKGxvY2FsaG9zdHxsb29wYmFjayl8KDEyN1wuMFwuMFwuMVwuPyQpCiMKIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwojIEFDQ0VQVDogV2hvIGNhbiBmZWVkIHVzLCBjdXJyZW50bHkgdGh > p > > > cyBhY3Rpb24gaXMgb25seSBuZWVkZWQgZm9yIFdTSSBkYXRhCiMKIyBhY2NlcHQgPGZlZWRzZXQ > + > > > IDxwYXR0ZXJuPiA8aG9zdG5hbWUgcGF0dGVybj4KIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwojIGF > j > > > Y2VwdCBhbnl0aGluZyBmcm9tIHlvdXJzZWxmCiMKYWNjZXB0CUFOWQkuKgleKChsb2NhbGhvc3R > 8 > > > bG9vcGJhY2spfCgxMjdcLjBcLjBcLjFcLj8kKSkKIyBhY2NlcHQgZnJvbSB5b3VyIHVwc3RyZWF > t > > > IHNpdGUKIwojYWNjZXB0CVdTSQojICAgIC4qCiMgICAgXlthLXpdLipcLnVuaVwud3NpY29ycFw > u > > > Y29tJAojCiMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMKIyBFbmQgQWNjZXNzIGNvbnRyb2wKIyMjIyM > j > > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyM > j > > IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIwo= > > > > --0__=Gl07GuyBvbWeOEIfCruPBCbK1Q8zmgaGpAlFKx88IAHczbYabEkUJmzn > > Content-type: application/octet-stream; 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Corp for Atmospheric Research > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > =========================================================================== > ==== > > > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================