By default, logs are stored in /var/log/deb-server/ directory for each service separately (eg. wordnet_services.log, admin_services.log), have a look in the logfile if there is some useful error message.

Common problems

Lock table

In case of too many consequent restarts in a short period or unexpected reboot (e.g. power failure), BerkeleyDB sometimes does not free the resources used. Log file contains following error:

in `open_container': Lock table is out of available locker entries (BDB::Fatal)

If this happens, stop the DEB server completely:

sudo /etc/init.d/debserver-common stop

Go to /var/lib/deb-server/db directory and run

sudo db4.5_recover

Start the DEB server:

sudo /etc/init.d/debserver-common start