From: Bryan Cantwell Date: October 14 2009 3:27pm Subject: Re: Mysql service will not stop List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/219036 Message-Id: <4AD5EDFC.2040201@firescope.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It is Innodb. but most of our other identical database deployments seem to shutdown immediately, just not this one using the same image... >> Since dirty buffers needs to flush out. >> >> Thanks, >> Dilipkumar >> Database Engineering >> Mphasis, an EDS company >>  phone: +91-44-6637 3167 >>  mailto: dilipkumar.parikh@stripped >> Pager mail:9884430998@stripped >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bryan Cantwell [mailto:bcantwell@stripped] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:40 PM >> To: mysql@stripped >> Subject: Mysql service will not stop >> >> I have mysql 5.0.51a running on a linux 2.6.26 box. The service my6sql >> stop command fails and all that appears in the log or err log is the >> following... what can I do to repair this? >> >> 091014 17:00:24 guardian: instance 'mysqld' is running, set state to >> STARTED. >> 091014 17:07:40 The instance 'mysqld' is being stopped forcibly. >> Normallyit should not happen. Probably the instance has beenhanging. You >> should also check your IM setup >> 091014 17:07:40 Listener_thread::run(): shutdown requested, exiting... >> >> >> >> >