Index: configf.scm
==================================================================
--- configf.scm
+++ configf.scm
@@ -781,11 +781,11 @@
 ;; if 
 (define (configf:read-alist fname)
   (handle-exceptions
       exn
     (begin
-      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "read of alist " fname " failed. exn=" exn)
+      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "unable to read alist " fname ". exn=" exn)
       #f)
     (configf:alist->config
      (with-input-from-file fname read))))
 
 (define (configf:write-alist cdat fname)

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -1211,11 +1211,11 @@
      ((not have-resources) ;; simply try again after waiting a second
       (if (runs:lownoise "no resources" 60)
 	  (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "no resources to run new tests, waiting ..."))
       ;; Have gone back and forth on this but db starvation is an issue.
       ;; wait one second before looking again to run jobs.
-      (thread-sleep! 0.25)
+      (thread-sleep! 1) ;; changed back to 1 from 0.25
       ;; could have done hed tal here but doing car/cdr of newtal to rotate tests
       (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns))
      
      ;; This is the final stage, everything is in place so launch the test
      ;;