I logged into the server via SSH and ran: yum clean all
Once done, I attempted to log back into Virtualmin to try the updates again.
At this point I was unable to log back in. The page never times out, it shows as Connected with the loading page progress bar stuck at 50%. The login prompt is never displayed and all I get is a blank white page.
I have tried restarting Webmin but that had no affect.
Running “yum clean all” is the right thing to do in that circumstance, and that just cleans out the rpm metadata.
If Virtualmin isn’t loading after you’ve run that, it seems unlikely the two are related… however, you might try restarting Webmin using “/etc/init.d/webmin restart”.
If you’re still having trouble, are you seeing any errors in /var/webmin/miniserv.error?
Here is the error I get after restarting Webmin. I am not sure what could have taken over 10000.
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Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-mail.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dns.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-web.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-webalizer.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ssl.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-logrotate.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-mysql.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-postgres.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ftp.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-spam.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virus.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-status.pl in virtual_server
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Pre-loaded WebminCore
Failed to bind to port 10000 : Address already in use
Could not listen on any ports at /usr/libexec/webmin/miniserv.pl line 455.
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Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dns.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-web.pl in virtual_server
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Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ssl.pl in virtual_server
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Failed to bind to port 10000 : Address already in use
Could not listen on any ports at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 461.
Error: Webmin server did not write new PID file
this part
Okay, sounds like there’s a stray Webmin process running.
To find it, run log into the command line of your server, and run:
ps auxw | grep miniserv | grep webmin
Then kill the processes that are returned, and restart Webmin:
Well, if your sites are down, that doesn’t sound like an issue with Webmin, so much as it is an Apache problem.
Just to clarify, are you saying you’re unable to access the various websites your hosting using a web browser? If that’s the case, you may want to restart Apache.
Hey Eric they seem to be working now
Webmin / Virtulmin seems to be freezing alot example would be
when i click “Refresh system information” that can make it freeze and sometimes its fine ;/
any ideas whats going on?
You may want to take a look in /var/webmin/miniserv.error to see if any errors are showing up.
However, the most common cause of “odd” errors/problems is too little RAM on the system. Are you using a dedicated system or a VPS? What does “free -m” show?
[02/Jul/2010:18:14:11 +0200] miniserv.pl started
[02/Jul/2010:18:14:11 +0200] PAM authentication enabled
[02/Jul/2010:18:14:59 +0200] Reloading configuration
restarting miniserv
[02/Jul/2010:18:15:27 +0200] Restarting
[02/Jul/2010:18:15:28 +0200] miniserv.pl started
[02/Jul/2010:18:15:28 +0200] PAM authentication enabled
Failed to initialize SSL connection
Failed to initialize SSL connection
Temp file clearing is disabled
Temp file clearing is disabled
Temp file clearing is disabled
Temp file clearing is disabled
[02/Jul/2010:18:34:42 +0200] miniserv.pl started
[02/Jul/2010:18:34:42 +0200] PAM authentication enabled
restarting miniserv
[02/Jul/2010:18:37:15 +0200] Restarting
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Pre-loaded WebminCore
Failed to bind to port 10000 : Address already in use
Could not listen on any ports at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 461.
Error: Webmin server did not write new PID file
[02/Jul/2010:18:44:02 +0200] miniserv.pl started
[02/Jul/2010:18:44:02 +0200] PAM authentication enabled
cat: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory
[02/Jul/2010:18:55:42 +0200] Reloading configuration
restarting miniserv
[02/Jul/2010:18:56:55 +0200] Restarting
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Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-mail.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dns.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-web.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-webalizer.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ssl.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-logrotate.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-mysql.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-postgres.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-ftp.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-spam.pl in virtual_server
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virus.pl in virtual_server
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Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt.pl in virtual_server
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Pre-loaded WebminCore
Failed to bind to port 10000 : Address already in use
Could not listen on any ports at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 461.
Error: Webmin server did not write new PID file
Failed to bind to port 10000 : Address already in use
Could not listen on any ports at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 461.
[02/Jul/2010:19:17:23 +0200] miniserv.pl started
[02/Jul/2010:19:17:23 +0200] PAM authentication enabled
cat: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory
[02/Jul/2010:19:42:13 +0200] Reloading configuration
[02/Jul/2010:19:44:20 +0200] Reloading configuration
Failed to initialize SSL connection
[02/Jul/2010:20:07:55 +0200] Reloading configuration
[02/Jul/2010:20:08:27 +0200] Reloading configuration
[02/Jul/2010:20:09:02 +0200] Reloading configuration
[02/Jul/2010:20:28:40 +0200] Reloading configuration
[02/Jul/2010:20:34:21 +0200] Reloading configuration
all from that file
as for ram i have over 7gb free ;/
System hostname ******** Operating system Debian Linux 5.0.5
Webmin version 1.517 Virtualmin version 3.79.gpl GPL
Theme version 7.6 Time on server 02/Jul/2010 20:35
Kernel and CPU Linux 2.6.33.5-xxxx-grs-ipv4-64 on x86_64 CPU load averages 0.02 (1 min) 0.02 (5 mins) 0.00 (15 mins)
Running processes 301 Real memory 7.80 GB total, 834.77 MB used
