I checked the log file. I get the error "cannot
start, unable to read controls."
Any ideas?
-Larry
In a message dated Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:58:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Alex Pennace
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:50:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm running Linux Mandrake 8.0 on a 166mhz P1. I followed the
> > instructoins for installation of qmail using lifewithqmail.org.
> > Now, I started running the suggested tests to make sure that
> > my system is set up properly. I typed in "ps -A" and I got a
> > list. On that list there are supposed to be 4 qmail items.
> > What I got was three, all of them labeled qmail start, so I
> > tried it again, and I got two of the ones I was supposed to
> > and two qmail starts, then I typed it again and got none,
> > and again and got the 4 I was supposed to get, etc.
> > It seems as if qmail is starting, crashing, restarting, crashing.
> > Am I reading this wrong? Or did my qmail fail this installation
> > test? If it's the latter, how can I fix it? Or how can I find out
> > more about the problem?
>
> It does appear qmail is crashing and restarting. What do the logs say?
