crond/anacron problem

Wong Kwok-hon kwokhon at gmail.com
Sat May 13 16:05:17 UTC 2006


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




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