crond/anacron problem

Thad Nielsen paroikos at myrealbox.com
Sat May 13 16:25:38 UTC 2006


Wong Kwok-hon [kwokhon at gmail.com] wrote:
> On 5/10/06, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> >Ambrogio wrote:
> >> Il giorno mar, 09/05/2006 alle 11.59 +0200, Alexander Volovics ha
> >> scritto:
> >>> Since day before yesterday I am seeing strange cron behaviour
> >>> on my up to date FC5 desktop pc, reported in the cron log as follows:
> >>
> >>> May  9 09:36:33 localhost anacron[2099]: Jobs will be executed 
> >sequentially
> >>> May  9 10:01:01 localhost crond[3017]: (root) CMD (run-parts 
> >/etc/cron.hourly)
> >>> May  9 10:41:32 localhost anacron[2099]: Job `cron.daily' started
> >>> May  9 10:41:32 localhost anacron[3304]: Cannot run - another anacron 
> >process
> >>>      is already running.: Resource deadlock avoided
> >>> May  9 10:42:02 localhost anacron[2099]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
> >>>      (mailing output)
> >>> May  9 10:42:02 localhost anacron[2099]: Normal exit (1 jobs run)
> >> I see this error after updating anacron to 2.3-38.
> >> I receive also the mail fron Anacron that says
> >>
> >> /etc/cron.daily/0anacron:
> >>
> >> anacron: Cannot run - another anacron process is already running.:
> >> Resource deadlock avoided
> >>
> >> Bye
> >>  Ambrogio
> >>
> >
> >I've experienced this error also on a computer I have setup. I just
> >checked the mail for the computer that I am now using. I have the error
> >you listed above on this computer also.
> >
> >Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily'
> >
> >/etc/cron.daily/0anacron:
> >
> >anacron: Cannot run - another anacron process is already running.: Resource
> >+deadlock avoided
> >
> >Jim
> >
> 
> Sorry... then how to fix this problem ? Because it keeps happen on me
> every day...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Wong Kwok Hon
> 
As root: chkconfig --del anacron.

	T.




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