Re: [squid-users] ERROR: No running copy!

What is the file size of the log files inside /var/log/squid?

Angela Burrell wrote:
> Help help!
>
> The version of squid that was available for my distro (2.6.STABLE1) didn't
> work for me, I installed it with apt-get on Ubuntu Edgy 6.10 for amd64
> kernel 2.6.17.
>
> So I removed it and installed 2.6.STABLE9 from source. I cannot get it to
> run.
>
> when I do /etc/init.d/squid start it says [ok] and if I do /usr/sbin/squid
> it returns a command prompt (no errors). squid -k parse also returns no
> errors.
>
> However squid -k check, squid -k reload (etc) give this error:
>
> squid: ERROR: No running copy
>
> /var/log/squid/cache.log has not been touched since I uninstalled the old
> squid. /var/log/messages has some things in it that i found very unhelpful:
>
> Mar 6 18:51:36 proxy squid[2286]: Squid Parent: child process 2288 started
> Mar 6 18:51:39 proxy squid[2290]: Squid Parent: child process 0 started
> Mar 6 18:51:39 proxy squid[2290]: Squid Parent: child process -1 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:39 proxy squid[2288]: Squid Parent: child process 2290 started
> Mar 6 18:51:42 proxy squid[2292]: Squid Parent: child process 0 started
> Mar 6 18:51:42 proxy squid[2292]: Squid Parent: child process -1 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:42 proxy squid[2290]: Squid Parent: child process 2292 started
> Mar 6 18:51:45 proxy squid[2294]: Squid Parent: child process 0 started
> Mar 6 18:51:45 proxy squid[2294]: Squid Parent: child process -1 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:45 proxy squid[2292]: Squid Parent: child process 2294 started
> Mar 6 18:51:45 proxy squid[2292]: Squid Parent: child process 2294 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:45 proxy squid[2290]: Squid Parent: child process 2292 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:48 proxy squid[2296]: Squid Parent: child process 0 started
> Mar 6 18:51:48 proxy squid[2296]: Squid Parent: child process -1 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:48 proxy squid[2290]: Squid Parent: child process 2296 started
> Mar 6 18:51:48 proxy squid[2290]: Squid Parent: child process 2296 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:48 proxy squid[2288]: Squid Parent: child process 2290 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:51 proxy squid[2298]: Squid Parent: child process 0 started
> Mar 6 18:51:51 proxy squid[2298]: Squid Parent: child process -1 exited
> with status 1
> Mar 6 18:51:51 proxy squid[2288]: Squid Parent: child process 2298 started
>
> I have read the FAQ and the information that it has does not apply to me
> (i.e. find the PID and put it in a file)
>
> root@proxy:/var# ps -fu squid
> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY
> root@proxy:/var#
>
> as you can see there is nothing running.
>
> My squidGuards start normally then stop immediately:
> 2007-03-06 18:52:36 [2404] squidGuard 1.2.0 started (1173225156.467)
> 2007-03-06 18:52:36 [2404] squidGuard ready for requests (1173225156.489)
> 2007-03-06 18:52:36 [2404] squidGuard stopped (1173225156.733)
>
> Please help!!
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 06 2007 - 22:54:36 MST