I think an init.d script could resolve this problem. But I am curious about why "turning off power without shutdown twisted server before" could cause such a problem.
Is it a bug or it has some more fundamental reason? On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Marco Giusti <marco.giu...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 06:32:23PM +0800, Peter Cai wrote: > > Someone turn off the server by cutting power of the server. > > When the machine is power on, I found my twisted application could not > start > > and emit the following error. > > > > Another twistd server is running, PID 3398 > > > > This could either be a previously started instance of your application or > a > > different application entirely. To start a new one, either run it in some > > other > > directory, or use the --pidfile and --logfile parameters to avoid > clashes. > > > > After I deleted twistd.pid, it could start normally. > > > > I checked if there is process with PID 3398, but there wasn't. > > > > What might cause this problem? How to avoid it? > > the problem is caused by turning off power without shutdown twisted > server before. One solution could be create an init.d script that checks > for the existence of a pid file and delete it. > > > ciao > m. > > > -- > Hofstadter's Law: > It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account > Hofstadter's Law. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkueFOcACgkQ7ZmvfLU1M3V53wCdG/AtaA4tHOxxTN/dNZjdxRqR > vgcAni2stbXYn4kJPnhJdzg3btH7hCwi > =bNrT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > > -- look to the things around you,the immediate world around you, if you are alive,it will mean something to you ——Paul Strand
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