CRON Issues 3.18.8

Squiz Matrix Installation
1

Hi there,


On my new installation is throwing back CRON deadlock issues. I want into the log file and found that:


    [2008-12-14 05:00:03][12:Root User][2048:php 5 strict standards][R] (/usr/share/php/Mail.php:154) - Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated
    [2008-12-14 05:02:42][12:Root User][2048:php 5 strict standards][R] (/usr/share/php/Mail.php:154) - Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated


I ran php /home/websites/mysource_matrix/core/cron/run.php which didn't give me any errors.
2

Those error messages are just cosmetic errors from an old version of the PEAR Mail package caused by a new NOTICE introduced in PHP4.4 and PHP5. They would not be causing you any problems.


Any other clues? What happens when you clear the deadlock? Does it deadlock again?

3

I went into the CRON manager and acquired locks as root. But when I tried to force clear lock it requests a 25 character string (Captcha) which isn't being generated…

4

You have to compile php with gd support in order to get that image to be shown. If you are still using debin, just do apt-get install php5-gd

Good luck.
5

Interestingly enough, on my test upgrade of 3.18.8, I have a cron deadlock. Clearing it by entering the captcha doesn't seem to help, and it seems to just stay deadlocked. Not sure if Duncan and I are having the same problem, but what should be done if clearing it is not working.
6

All clearing does is change an attribute value to allow cron to run again. I've tried this very recently on a 3.18 system and it was working fine, so I'd contact Squiz Support to have them look into your system.

7

No squiz support for me on personal installations. Running Ubuntu. php5-gd bash worked but the deadlock continues. Any way we can get around this?