Seems to be a bug in OSX. Can those who have OSX try to run this from StartItem: ==================================================================== #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <fcntl.h> main() { int fd, ret, size; char s[1024]; struct stat buf; fd = open("/tmp/log.txt", O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC); size = sprintf(s, "%d\n", fd); write(fd, s, size); if (ret = fstat(0, &buf)) { size = sprintf(s, "fail: %d\n", ret); write(fd, s, size); } if (ret = fstat(1, &buf)) { size = sprintf(s, "fail2: %d\n", ret); write(fd, s, size); } if (ret = fstat(2, &buf)) { size = sprintf(s, "fail3: %d\n", ret); write(fd, s, size); } } ===================================================================== It writes to /tmp/log.txt if it fails. Rayson --- Barry J Mcinnes <Barry.J.Mcinnes at noaa.gov> wrote: > I spent a lot of time spinning wheels on this. I started with the > standard Startup script, massaged it, renamed it, put diagnostic > lines > it it, and finally put delays (sleep) at the start of it, which > eventually made it work 4 out of 5 times on reboot. When it fails, an > immediate startup by hand would always work. > In the end I stopped trying to use SGE via StartupItems, and now run > a > cron job, which if the sge process is not running start it -> no more > problems, its always running on the client. > FWIW, I did even try the PBS startup script in test mode, which never > fails, so I still do not know why SGE startup fails randomly. > > Barry > barry.j.mcinnes at noaa.gov > > _______________________________________________ > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters at bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com