Re: [exim] Exim is not running the queue runner because ofs…

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Author: Tom Kistner
Date:  
To: Juergen Weiss
CC: exim-users, 'Ted Cooper'
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim is not running the queue runner because ofsomelinux update
Juergen Weiss wrote:

> Theres another strange behavior ... The queue runner works right after
> reboot, at every minute the queue runner starts and ends (-q1m).
> If i stop exim and start again, the queue runner is not getting started
> anymore (except the first one).


What you are seeing is probably a bug in Suse's OpenSSH package which
incorrectly masks signals. When you restart Exim on a SSH shell, it
won't get SIGALRM any more.

To confirm, restart Exim on a regular console. It should then work.

See:

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2005-Dec/2628.html

/tom