On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 02:43:59PM +1000, Russ Pitman wrote: > Running woody with 2.2.15 kernel, system updated today. > > At bootup the kernel messages show that the at daemon as being loaded,no > error. > Entering an 'at' command results in, > > Can't open /var/run/atd.pid to signal atd. No atd running? > 'ps' agrees. > From the command line using '/etc/init.d/atd start' brings up the > normal reply 'starting atd etcetc' but still no daemon running. What messages do you see in /var/log/messages and/or /var/log/daemon? Try running atd in debug mode (-d switch) and watching what happens. > I tried installing the binaries from slink,same problem. Recompilled > the kernel, nada. Should have absolutely nothing to do with this. Start with the simple stuff -- missing directory or bad permissions. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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