Megatest

					       (exit 4)))))
		       (thread-start! th2)
		       (thread-start! th1)
		       (thread-join! th2)))))
      (set-signal-handler! signal/int sighand)
      (set-signal-handler! signal/term sighand))

    ;; force the starting of a server
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "waiting on server...")
    (server:start-and-wait *toppath*)
    
    (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (set! runconf (if (file-exists? runconfigf)
		      (setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id *already-seen-runconfig-info* keyvals target)
		      (begin
			(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf)
			#f)))

			   waitons:     waitons
			   testmode:    testmode
			   newtal:      newtal
			   itemmaps:    itemmaps
			   ;; prereqs-not-met: prereqs-not-met
			   )))
	(runs:dat-regfull-set! runsdat regfull)

	;; every couple minutes verify the server is there for this run
	;; (if (and (common:low-noise-print 60 "try start server"  run-id)
	;; 	 (tasks:need-server run-id))
	;; every 15 minutes verify the server is there for this run
	(if (and (common:low-noise-print 240 "try start server"  run-id)
		 (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*)))
	    (server:kind-run *toppath*))
	;;     (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server tdbdat run-id 10)) ;; NOTE: delay and wait is done under the hood
	
	(if (> num-running 0)
	  (set! last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))

      (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "give-up-waiting") 36000)))
	  (hash-table-set! *max-tries-hash* tfullname (+ (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 1)))
	;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "max-tries-hash: " (hash-table->alist *max-tries-hash*))