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RE: windows: svnserve as a service won't launch

From: Joeri Sebrechts <Joeri.Sebrechts_at_MCS.BE>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:18:13 +0200

Thank you for your response.

The service is installed as "Subversion Service", set to run automatically.

When I ask for the properties, I get this in the "Path to executable" field:
"C:\Program Files\CollabNet Subversion Server\svnserve.exe" --service --root "\\Srvmcs11\Data\Ontwikkeling\ontw\subversion"

svnserve.exe is found in C:\Program Files\CollabNet Subversion Server
The path specified with --root is reachable when typed in file explorer.

Everything is running as the domain administrator account (which has full rights everywhere), so I don't think rights are an issue.

Logging-wise, all I get is the following in the system log:
"The Subversion Server service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion."

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards / Bien à vous
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: kogrover_at_gmail.com [mailto:kogrover_at_gmail.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Grover
Sent: donderdag 26 juni 2008 2:56
To: Joeri Sebrechts
Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: windows: svnserve as a service won't launch

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Joeri Sebrechts <Joeri.Sebrechts_at_mcs.be> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Up to yesterday, we had this configuration (working fine):
> - server1: subversion 1.3.2 client + svnservice.exe, accessing the UNC
> path \\server11\path\to\repository running as domain user
> administrator
> - server11: windows file share with FSFS repository
>
> Then, after a reboot, the service suddenly refused to launch.
>
> We've tried to troubleshoot by:
> - Launching the svnserve command with identical parameters (except as
> daemon): works fine
> - Rebooting the machine (hey, it's a windows box): no change
> - Reinstalling the service (with various permutations on the
> parameters): no change
> - Removing subversion 1.3 and svnservice.exe, and replacing it with
> subversion 1.5, installing svnserve as a service: no change
>
> Right now we're sort of up a creek. As a temporary workaround I'm
> running svnserve from the command-line so the developers can keep
> working, but this isn't a great solution for the long term.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong or how to troubleshoot this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards / Bien à vous
>
> Joeri Sebrechts
> ________________________________
> Software Development
>
>
> Management Consultancy Software
>
> Real Estate - Facility Management
>
> Risk Management - Procurement
>
> MCS nv - Sneeuwbeslaan 20 - B-2610 Antwerp
> Tel: +32 3 829 04 95
> E-mail: js_at_mcs.be - Web: www.mcs.be
>
>
>
> Disclaimer : http://www.mcs.be/disclaimer.html
>

Without more details (specifics of what you tried, what you receievd, and what you expected) it will all just be guessing.

If you can manually run svnserve then nothing had the port. I can think of many reasons why:
1) There no installed service
2) The service is not set to run automatically
3) the 'automatic' service points to a missing exe
    (used the sc.exe command, or the services gui, to see what's there
-- and tell us)
4) The svn service is correct, but points to a non-existent svn repos path (or there is someother error in the calling syntax) and thus aborts.

Rather than keep guessing, you'd get better feedback with more details.

- Kevin

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