[daip] "TASK ACTIVE" problem with AIPS...

[Nissim Kanekar]

Hi Eric,

This is interesting! There is definitely another IMAGR running on the machine, 
but from an independent AIPS installation, not from the same AIPS installation 
that is giving a problem with "TASK ACTIVE". Could that still cause a 
POPS-related problem? The machine has been up for around 2 months now, with 
multiple users running their own independent AIPS installations. I'll try 
closing the IMAGR that's currently running tomorrow morning, and will check 
whether the problem goes away. If not, will reboot tomorrow.

Thanks!
Nissim

On Tue, 12 Dec 2017, Eric Greisen wrote:

> On 12/12/2017 07:16 AM, Nissim Kanekar wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Eric,
>> 
>> I took a look at /tmp and couldn't find any files in there from this user.
>> Nothing shows up in "top" or "ps -elf" either. Was considering rebooting 
>> the machine, as a last resort; or is there anything else that I should try 
>> first?
>
>
> You keep writing "from this user" - if an IMAGR1 is running on the machine 
> from ANY user then no other user can execute an IMAGR under POPS number 1. 
> If the machine is up a long time then the control files from AIPS will 
> disappear and then more than one user can run AIPS under the same POPS 
> number.  Odd things happen then.
>
> A reboot may however be necessary.
>
> Eric
>