Storage manager initialization failed

[Russ Allbery]

Edwin <edwin.yau at rdel.co.uk> writes:

> I'm getting the following error message from my daily news server report.

> Error log:
> Aug  4 10:18:53 innfeed[13765]: Storage manager initialization failed
> Aug  4 10:18:53 innfeed[13767]: Storage manager initialization failed
> Aug  4 10:18:53 innfeed[13768]: Storage manager initialization failed
> Aug  4 10:18:53 innfeed[13769]: Storage manager initialization failed
> Aug  4 10:18:53 innfeed[13770]: Storage manager initialization failed

> Can anyone explain what is going on and how to fix it?

There should be a lot more information than that reported.  Check
news.notice.

> I suspect it's to do with the fact that I removed a CNFS buffer earlier
> in the day (it was in my cycbuff.conf file in the cyclic buffer section
> but not in the meta-cyclic buffer section and thus not in use?)

Yup, it wouldn't be in use in that case.  But innfeed should have
restarted and reread cycbuff.conf and adjusted.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>