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Gabe, >Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:46:44 -0400 (EDT) >From: Gabe Langbauer <address@hidden> >Organization: Ohio State University >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: ldm won't start The above message contained the following: > Poof! Earlier today all of my conf files went up in smoke. In fact, my > entire $ldmhome/etc/ directory dissapeared. My solution was simple (or so > I thought) simply re-install LDM! I moved the old ldm-6.4.1 directory and > unzipped the ldm-6.4.1.TAR file, and merrily began the process of > re-installation. It seemed smooth, no errors that I could see! I then > issued the obvious command: > > [ldm@polarmet12 ldm]$ ldmadmin start > The product-queue is OK. > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.conf is syntactically correct > Starting the LDM server... > > All seemed well... > > [ldm@polarmet12 ldm]$ ldmadmin watch > Sep 13 18:48:07 UTC polarmet12.mps.ohio-state.edu : There is no LDM server > running > > Curious... > > [ldm@polarmet12 ldm]$ ldmadmin stop > Flushing the LDM product-queue to disk... > Stopping the LDM server... > kill 24672: No such process > > Disheartening... > > Any thoughts on what has gone awry here? > > I've attached my configure, make, and install logs. Was anything in the LDM logfile? ... Regards, Steve Emmerson