[Koha-devel] koha-zebra-daemon not starting

[Paul]

Koha 3.8.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server (new install, full upgrade)

Everything went well on install.  Data from 3.6.1 "converted" to 3.8.3 when 
I opened the staff-admin page; zebra reindex went well for authorities, but 
failed for biblios first time around:

14:27:16-19/08 zebraidx(3357) [warn] zebra_lock_create fail 
fname=/var/lock/koha/zebradb/biblios/norm..LCK [No such file or directory]
14:27:16-19/08 zebraidx(3357) [warn] zebra_lock_create fail 
fname=/var/lock/koha/zebradb/biblios/shadow..LCK [No such file or directory]
14:27:16-19/08 zebraidx(3357) [fatal] Could not select database biblios 
errCode=109

but after a reboot, rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v -x reported nothing fatal 
(single warning about a register not found, no details); cron job running 
normally.

But neither OPAC nor staff search functions are operational.

The only anomaly that I've found so far is that 
/etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon when run from the command line reports 
failure at line 73 (and does not create any error logs), but ps aux reports 
the daemon as running (well, "S+" -- sleep forground.)

Anyone got any thoughts please?

tnx and br - Paul