[Mailman-Users] Mailmanctl not starting : OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted

[Charles de Noyelle]

Big Problem with mailman : mailmanctl refuses to start.

Mailman used to work fine, and I changed a few times from
disks and motherboards, and had quite some problems taking
it back, but managed to have it yesterday.

Since I rebooted, mailmanctl does not start anymore :/

here is the error :

---- (as root) /path/to/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start ----
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./bin/mailmanctl", line 547, in ?
     main()
   File "./bin/mailmanctl", line 389, in main
     lock = acquire_lock(force)
   File "./bin/mailmanctl", line 216, in acquire_lock
     status = qrunner_state()
   File "./bin/mailmanctl", line 186, in qrunner_state
     os.kill(pid, 0)
OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted
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I cannot understand *what* precisely is not permitted :/
and of course, ./bin/check_perms is OK ...

I used mailman 2.1.6 beta and downgraded to 2.1.5 to be sure, and the 
problem persists.

I am running an AMD 64, it might have a role on the bug :-)

I donno what to add to help people willing to help, so please
ask for more details !

Thanx in advance for your help,

-- 
            Charles de Noyelle <mansuetus at spontex.org>