[Mailman-Users] Mails locked, "Could not acquire qrunner lock"

Maria Garcia Suarez mariagarciasuarez at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 18 19:45:30 CEST 2002


Hi there!

I am a Debian Woody admin who some days ago installed (via Debian's
apt-get) Mailman 2.0.11 and yesterday, when I tried to use it I suffered
of locked mails. Searching on the web I found this page: 

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.019.htp

where someone had the same problem. But the solution didn't work for me.

I've tried all the proposed solutions but system keeps on locking my
mails. I am running Postfix and mails delivered (from outside my
network) to "normal" users arrive, but those sent to Mailman's mailing
lists don't arrive :-(

As adviced in the page above I've run strace to see what's going on but
I don't understand the output, here I attach it. Could some help me to
"decrypt" it? ;-)  Thx!

I also include /var/logs/mailman/post, smtp and smtp-failure.

If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it. Thx!

Strace output (qrunner):

---CUT---

399   connect(4, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(25),
sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}}, 16) = -1 ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed
out)
399   close(4)                          = 0
399   umask(02)                         = 022
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/logs/smtp",
O_RDWR|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 4
399   fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=5928, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40278000
399   fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=5928, ...}) = 0
399   _llseek(4, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0
399   read(4, "s refused: (110, \'Connection tim"..., 1832) = 1832
399   umask(022)                        = 02
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 57237}, NULL) = 0
399   getpid()                          = 399
399   write(4, "Sep 16 14:31:12 2002 (399) All r"..., 81) = 81
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 60144}, NULL) = 0
399   umask(02)                         = 022
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 5
399   fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40279000
399   write(5, "/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lo"..., 43) = 43
399   close(5)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x40279000, 4096)          = 0
399   umask(022)                        = 02
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 65766}, NULL) = 0
399   utime("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399",
[2002/09/16-19:31:12, 2002/09/16-19:31:12]) = 0
399   link("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399",
"/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock") = 0
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 69083}, NULL) = 0
399   utime("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399",
[2002/09/16-19:31:12, 2002/09/16-19:31:12]) = 0
399   stat64("/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0660, st_size=2969, ...}) = 0
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db",
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 5
399   fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0660, st_size=2969, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40279000
399   read(5, "{s\23\0\0\0member_posting_onlyi\0\0\0\0s\35"..., 4096) =
2969
399   close(5)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x40279000, 4096)          = 0
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 83978}, NULL) = 0
399   getpid()                          = 399
399   write(4, "Sep 16 14:31:12 2002 (399) smtp "..., 75) = 75
399   umask(02)                         = 022
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/logs/post",
O_RDWR|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 5
399   fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=3656, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40279000
399   fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=3656, ...}) = 0
399   _llseek(5, 0, [0], SEEK_SET)      = 0
399   read(5, "Sep 14 21:56:35 2002 (583) post "..., 3656) = 3656
399   umask(022)                        = 02
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 109678}, NULL) = 0
399   getpid()                          = 399
399   write(5, "Sep 16 14:31:12 2002 (399) post "..., 96) = 96
399   umask(02)                         = 022
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/logs/smtp-failure",
O_RDWR|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 6
399   fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=2325, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c0000
399   fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=2325, ...}) = 0
399   _llseek(6, 0, [0], SEEK_SET)      = 0
399   read(6, "Sep 14 21:56:35 2002 (583) -1 da"..., 2325) = 2325
399   umask(022)                        = 02
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 117418}, NULL) = 0
399   getpid()                          = 399
399   write(6, "Sep 16 14:31:12 2002 (399) -1 da"..., 66) = 66
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 120052}, NULL) = 0
399  
open("/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/57f1f601963408574538fbbed4f0f3de29b2fed4.db",
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 7
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=341, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c1000
399   read(7, "{s\20\0\0\0last_recip_counti\1\0\0\0s\r\0\0\0"..., 4096)
= 341
399   close(7)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c1000, 4096)          = 0
399   umask(0)                          = 022
399  
open("/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/57f1f601963408574538fbbed4f0f3de29b2fed4.db",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0664) = 7
399   fcntl64(7, F_GETFL)               = 0x8001 (flags
O_WRONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c1000
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   umask(022)                        = 0
399   write(7, "{s\20\0\0\0last_recip_counti\1\0\0\0s\r\0\0\0"..., 341)
= 341
399   close(7)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c1000, 4096)          = 0
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 134624}, NULL) = 0
399   utime("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399",
[2002/09/16-19:31:12, 2002/09/16-19:31:12]) = 0
399   stat64("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=43, ...}) = 0
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) =
7
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=43, ...}) = 0
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=43, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c1000
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   read(7, "/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lo"..., 4096) = 43
399   read(7, "", 4096)                 = 0
399   close(7)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c1000, 4096)          = 0
399   umask(07)                         = 022
399   uname({sys="Linux", node="best", ...}) = 0
399   getpid()                          = 399
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db.tmp.best.399",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 7
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0660, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c1000
399   write(7, "{s\23\0\0\0member_posting_onlyi\0\0\0\0s\35"..., 2969) =
2969
399   close(7)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c1000, 4096)          = 0
399   unlink("/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db.last") = 0
399   link("/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db",
"/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db.last") = 0
399   rename("/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db.tmp.best.399",
"/var/lib/mailman/lists/arriba/config.db") = 0
399   umask(022)                        = 07
399   symlink("/var/lib/mailman/archives/private/arriba",
"/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/arriba") = -1 EEXIST (File exists)
399   symlink("/var/lib/mailman/archives/private/arriba.mbox",
"/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/arriba.mbox") = -1 EEXIST (File
exists)
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 176642}, NULL) = 0
399   utime("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399",
[2002/09/16-19:31:12, 2002/09/16-19:31:12]) = 0
399   stat64("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=43, ...}) = 0
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) =
7
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=43, ...}) = 0
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=43, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c1000
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   read(7, "/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lo"..., 4096) = 43
399   read(7, "", 4096)                 = 0
399   close(7)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c1000, 4096)          = 0
399   unlink("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock") = 0
399   unlink("/var/lib/mailman/locks/arriba.lock.best.399") = 0
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 186683}, NULL) = 0
399   utime("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock.best.399",
[2002/09/17-00:31:12, 2002/09/17-00:31:12]) = 0
399   stat64("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=44, ...}) = 0
399   open("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
= 7
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=44, ...}) = 0
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=44, ...}) = 0
399   old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402c1000
399   _llseek(7, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)      = 0
399   read(7, "/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.l"..., 4096) = 44
399   read(7, "", 4096)                 = 0
399   close(7)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c1000, 4096)          = 0
399   unlink("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock") = 0
399   unlink("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock.best.399") = 0
399   rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {0x4001fe80, [], 0x4000000}, 8) = 0
399   rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
399   close(3)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x40277000, 4096)          = 0
399   gettimeofday({1032179472, 199566}, NULL) = 0
399   utime("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock.best.399",
[2002/09/17-00:31:12, 2002/09/17-00:31:12]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
399   stat64("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock", 0xbffff59c) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
399   unlink("/var/lib/mailman/locks/qrunner.lock.best.399") = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
399   close(4)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x40278000, 4096)          = 0
399   close(5)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x40279000, 4096)          = 0
399   close(6)                          = 0
399   munmap(0x402c0000, 4096)          = 0
399   _exit(0)                          = ?

---CUT---

Post file:

---CUT---

Sep 18 18:09:16 2002 (337) post to arriba from
mailman-owner at best.upc.es, size=1302, 1 failures
Sep 18 18:13:12 2002 (359) post to arriba from
mailman-owner at best.upc.es, size=1302, 1 failures
Sep 18 19:53:26 2002 (652) post to arriba from
mailman-owner at best.upc.es, size=1302, 1 failures
Sep 18 19:59:16 2002 (330) post to arriba from
mailman-owner at best.upc.es, size=1302, 1 failures
Sep 18 20:03:12 2002 (367) post to arriba from
mailman-owner at best.upc.es, size=1302, 1 failures

---CUT---

smtp file:

---CUT---

Sep 18 18:09:16 2002 (337) All recipients refused: (110, 'Connection
timed out')
Sep 18 18:09:16 2002 (337) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 189.610
seconds
Sep 18 18:13:12 2002 (359) All recipients refused: (110, 'Connection
timed out')
Sep 18 18:13:12 2002 (359) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 189.498
seconds
Sep 18 19:53:26 2002 (652) All recipients refused: (110, 'Connection
timed out')
Sep 18 19:53:26 2002 (652) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 189.030
seconds
Sep 18 19:59:16 2002 (330) All recipients refused: (110, 'Connection
timed out')
Sep 18 19:59:16 2002 (330) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 189.670
seconds
Sep 18 20:03:12 2002 (367) All recipients refused: (110, 'Connection
timed out')
Sep 18 20:03:12 2002 (367) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 189.677
seconds

---CUT---

smtp-failure:

---CUT---

Sep 18 18:09:17 2002 (337) -1 maria at best.upc.es (ignore)
Sep 18 18:13:12 2002 (359) -1 maria at best.upc.es (ignore)
Sep 18 19:53:26 2002 (652) -1 maria at best.upc.es (ignore)
Sep 18 19:59:16 2002 (330) -1 maria at best.upc.es (ignore)
Sep 18 20:03:12 2002 (367) -1 maria at best.upc.es (ignore)

---CUT---

Thx for your help and sorry for disturbing and sending such a long
mail....

Kisses,

Maria G Suarez

PS: I sent a similar mail some days ago but I didn't get it back, I
suppose it didn't reach the list.




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