Hi Alexander,

db3 on hppa had a bug (#2666685) which caused this exact behaviour. Please
make sure you have at least db3 version 3.2.9-21 installed.

Thanks,
Jochen

> tags 295076 + unreproducible moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Alexander Barton wrote:
> > When I start Cyrus 2.1 on Debian on HPPA, ctl_cyrusdb (which is started
> > automatically as configured in /etc/cyrus.conf) hangs forever. The same is
> > true when I start it manually.
>
> This usually means the db environment is gone. kaput. corrupted. busted.
>
> > Is this a problem with Berkeley DB 3 on HPPA?
>
> Probably.
>
> Stop cyrus. Make sure (thorough ps, etc) that it is really stopped. cd to
> /var/lib/cyrus.
>
> Now, run db3_recover.  Does it hang? if yes, you're in trouble, and you will
> have to rm ALL the dbs and ALL the logs.  There is a backup of the mailboxes 
> db
> in /var/backups which can be used to restore the mailboxes database using
> ctl_mboxlist.  You will lose some information.
>
> If db3_recover worked, rm the deliver.db and tls_sessions.db databases, and
> make sure all files have owner "cyrus".  Then start Cyrus again (and good
> luck).
>
> Did it work?  BTW, have you experienced any power outages, cyrus crashes,
> memory failures or anything else that could have corrupted a db3
> environment?  It is damn difficult to corrupt it on ia32, at least...
>
> Look at the db3 changelogs, see if there are any suspicious changes listed
> for hppa.
>
> --
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>   them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
>   where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
>   Henrique Holschuh
>
>
>


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