On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM <za...@mta.ca> wrote: > I made a snapshot of my mailman3 VM before running a script to modify a > bunch of lists. I stupidly did not turn the VM off before I made the > snapshot, so Im almost certain this is a corrupted DB problem from doing a > snapshot restore. The issue is now that the mailman service will not start > automatically. Im able to get to the web interface but I see the error > "Mailman REST API not available. Please start Mailman core." I can su to > the mailman user and run 'mailman start -f' which seems to get things going > again and shows the lists as they were before the snapshot, which is good, > but I would like to get the issue fixed so that services start normally. > Any help is appreciated. Here is some terminal output: > ===================== > ''' > root@mlist3:~# systemctl status mailman3 > × mailman3.service - GNU Mailing List Manager > Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/mailman3.service; enabled; > preset: enabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2025-04-28 13:24:43 UTC; > 1min 39s ago > Process: 1873 ExecStart=/opt/mailman/venv/bin/mailman start > (code=exited, status=2) > CPU: 776ms > > Apr 28 13:24:42 mlist3 systemd[1]: Starting mailman3.service - GNU Mailing > List Manager... > Apr 28 13:24:43 mlist3 mailman[1873]: Usage: mailman start [OPTIONS] > Apr 28 13:24:43 mlist3 mailman[1873]: Try 'mailman start -h' for help. > Apr 28 13:24:43 mlist3 mailman[1873]: Error: A previous run of GNU Mailman > did not exit cleanly (stale_lock). Try using --force >
cd /opt/mailman/var/locks/ rm *master* Then start mailman, -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] _______________________________________________ Mailman-users mailing list -- mailman-users@mailman3.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@mailman3.org https://lists.mailman3.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.mailman3.org/ Archived at: https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/message/A6A4KBYXBZP73J4GPICGIHZCFNFTMVLG/ This message sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
