CLOSED: Transmission server not starting

[hemington1]

After a power failure, the transmission server will not start.
Re-installing app does not change status.
Results of systemctl status:

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[root@localhost html]# systemctl status amahi-transmission.service amahi-transmission.service - SYSV: This is a daemon which runs on the server to download torrents Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/amahi-transmission) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2015-06-08 19:31:01 AWST; 22s ago Process: 4403 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/amahi-transmission start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Jun 08 19:30:32 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: This is a daemon which runs on the server to download ...ts... Jun 08 19:30:32 localhost.localdomain amahi-transmission[4403]: /etc/rc.d/init.d/amahi-transmission: line 34: [: =: unar...cted Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain amahi-transmission[4403]: chown: cannot access ‘blocklist.bin’: No such file o...tory Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain runuser[4477]: pam_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user transmission by (uid=0) Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain transmission-daemon[4479]: transmission-daemon Error loading config file -- exitin...519) Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain runuser[4477]: pam_unix(runuser:session): session closed for user transmission Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: amahi-transmission.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: This is a daemon which runs on the server to do...ents. Jun 08 19:31:01 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit amahi-transmission.service entered failed state. [root@localhost html]#

Any suggestions on a fix?

[bigfoot65]

Is this the only thing that appears corrupted?

Power outages can wreak havoc on a system. Not sure how much we can help here.

I will take a look at what should be in place for this app and post a list for you to compare with on your machine. Maybe there is a file or two that is missing or corrupt that we can replace.

[hemington1]

Thanks Bigfoot.
No, everything else is working as expected. In fact SAB wasn't working before the power outage, but is working now!!!

[hemington1]

Is this of any help?

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[root@localhost ~]# journalctl -xn -- Logs begin at Sat 2014-03-01 12:26:19 AWST, end at Tue 2015-06-09 19:09:48 AWST. -- Jun 09 19:08:12 localhost.localdomain amahi-transmission[27746]: /etc/rc.d/init.d/amahi-transmission: line 34: [: =: unary oper Jun 09 19:08:18 localhost.localdomain vnstatd[699]: Error: Downgrading database "/var/lib/vnstat/em0" (v1699618851) is not supp Jun 09 19:08:38 localhost.localdomain nmbd[728]: [2015/06/09 19:08:38.838520, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:354(find_do Jun 09 19:08:38 localhost.localdomain nmbd[728]: find_domain_master_name_query_fail: Jun 09 19:08:38 localhost.localdomain nmbd[728]: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name WORKGROUP<1b> for the workgroup Jun 09 19:08:38 localhost.localdomain nmbd[728]: Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. Jun 09 19:08:48 localhost.localdomain vnstatd[699]: Error: Downgrading database "/var/lib/vnstat/em0" (v1699618851) is not supp Jun 09 19:09:15 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started VnStat - Lightweight Network Traffic Monitor. -- Subject: Unit vnstat.service has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit vnstat.service has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jun 09 19:09:18 localhost.localdomain vnstatd[699]: Error: Downgrading database "/var/lib/vnstat/em0" (v1699618851) is not supp Jun 09 19:09:48 localhost.localdomain vnstatd[699]: Error: Downgrading database "/var/lib/vnstat/em0" (v1699618851) is not supp lines 1-18/18 (END)

[bigfoot65]

Not really.

Let's try this as root user:

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rpm -ql transmission-daemon cat /etc/init.d/amahi-transmission ll /var/lock/subsys/transmission-daemon ll /var/run/amahi-transmission.pid ll /var/hda/files/torrents

Those are the main parts of the app. Post the results in a file attached to the post if possible. It will be too lengthy to include in the actual post.

BTW, are all OS updates complete?

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yum update

[hemington1]

Outcome in text file. A few things are missing.
There have been no updates for a while now, 19 is no longer supported?

Transmission.rtf

(26.94 KiB) Downloaded 153 times

[bigfoot65]

I will take a look.

Fedora 19 reached end-of-life in Jan this year. Won't be seeing any OS updates.

[hemington1]

Thanks Bigfoot.
Not wanting to use up too much of your time, but would it be easier to uninstall and manually delete files to enable a full and fresh reinstall?

[bigfoot65]

That might work best.

I checked files and the ones you are missing did not see to be something the app installs. Looks like files generated by the service.

That is the issue, the service not wanting to start.

Are you current on Fedora 19 OS updates?

[hemington1]

Stock standard 7 install on headless F19.
I did a manual update and no files marked for an update.
I had been regularly updating until December/Jan when F19 reached end of life.