ISPC Cron-Log shows errors

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by tilman, Sep 11, 2009.

  1. tilman

    tilman Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Monitor -> Logfiles -> Show ISCP Cron-Log always shows: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
    E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
    E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
    E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
    E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
    E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

    OS: Fresh ISPconfig 3 install on Debian Lenny 5.0.2
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Is another apt process running?
     
  3. tilman

    tilman Member HowtoForge Supporter

    "Is another apt process running? " -> No, definitely not.

    Just for testing purpose: I opened an aptitude instance -> worked fine.
    Tried to open a second aptitude instance: Error because of the first aptitude instance running. This is the correct behavior.
     
  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Maybe you run a apt command manually at the time were this happened. This is uncritical, just keep an eye on it if this happens more often.
     
  5. tilman

    tilman Member HowtoForge Supporter

    I did not run an apt command the time it happend. Might be this is an automatic scheduled apt command during startup of the server.
    The server is for testing purpose only and started when it is needed.
    The time of the errors shown in the log are always directly after booting the server.
     
  6. tilman

    tilman Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Ok, let's come back on this issue.
    I did some more investigation:
    The error messages seem to be outdated. The content of the file: /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log is from the time of the server install and has never been updated.
    If i run the crontab scripts manually, always "finished" is the output.
     
  7. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Thene verything is perfect. The cron log file contains only error messages, so you will never get the finished message there and if it does not contain new lines, then there vare no errors.
     
  8. tilman

    tilman Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Seems to be a bit confusing if outdated errors are pending in a logfile. The logfile should be updated and show the actual status of the cron jobs. There is no information that the errors shown do not need any action.
     
  9. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    If you want to see the current status, look into the ispconfig monitor. You just looked into the wrong file! The file you checked is only for errors and why shall old errors be deleted if vthe file shall contain the history of errors like nay error log file.
     
  10. tilman

    tilman Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Ok, i can follow you, but each error line in the logfile should contain a timestamp.
     
  11. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    The lines are written by the shell and cron to stdout and not by ispconfig. The shell is not adding any timestamps and there is no need to look at this file if you dont have to debug any errors.
     

Share This Page