I was receiving this error while updating from the Virtualmin interface:
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/libexec/usermin is needed by package
I serched and found this thread: https://www.virtualmin.com/node/11838
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?
-Eric
Here is the error I get after restarting Webmin. I am not sure what could have taken over 10000.
Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-unix.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dir.pl in virtual_server 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 Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-webmin.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt6.pl in virtual_server 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.
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:
/etc/init.d/webmin start
That did it. Thanks!
Sorry post here but got the same error
Pre-loaded virtual-server/virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-unix.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dir.pl in virtual_server 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-webmin.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt6.pl in virtual_server 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
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:
/etc/init.d/webmin start
I ran that command and got this
root 4589 0.0 0.4 92704 40796 ? Ss 19:17 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf root 8290 0.0 0.4 92704 40908 ? S 19:22 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf root 8595 0.0 0.4 92704 40912 ? S 19:23 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf root 8597 0.0 0.4 92704 40908 ? S 19:23 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf root 8900 0.0 0.4 92704 40908 ? S 19:23 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf root 8902 0.0 0.4 92704 40908 ? S 19:23 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf root 8903 0.0 0.4 92704 39976 ? S 19:23 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
not sure what to do now tho all my sites are down now :( Thanks
Howdy,
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.
-Eric
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?
Thanks
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?
-Eric
[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 Pre-loaded virtual-server/virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-unix.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dir.pl in virtual_server 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-webmin.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt6.pl in virtual_server 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 Pre-loaded virtual-server/virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-unix.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-dir.pl in virtual_server 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-webmin.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt.pl in virtual_server Pre-loaded virtual-server/feature-virt6.pl in virtual_server 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
Virtual memory 16 GB total, 0 bytes used
Local disk space 1.79 TB total, 94.54 GB used
Mikr