Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -277,10 +277,11 @@
 
     (if (not (null? required-tests))
 	(debug:print 1 "INFO: Adding " required-tests " to the run queue"))
     ;; NOTE: these are all parent tests, items are not expanded yet.
     (debug:print 4 "INFO: test-records=" (hash-table->alist test-records))
+    (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvallst flags)
     (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvallst flags)
     (debug:print 4 "INFO: All done by here")))
 
 ;; test-records is a hash table testname:item_path => vector < testname testconfig waitons priority items-info ... >
 (define (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvallst flags)

Index: tests/Makefile
==================================================================
--- tests/Makefile
+++ tests/Makefile
@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@
 
 test4 : fullprep
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -debug $(DEBUG) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_b -m "This is a comment specific to a run" -v $(SERVER)
 
 test5 : fullprep
-	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_aa -v $(SERVER) 2&>1 aa.log &
-	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_ab -v $(SERVER) 2&>1 ab.log &
-	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_ac -v $(SERVER) 2&>1 ac.log &
-	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_ad -v $(SERVER) 2&>1 ad.log &	
+	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_aa -debug $(DEBUG) > aa.log 2> aa.log &
+	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_ab -debug $(DEBUG) > ab.log 2> ab.log &
+	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_ac -debug $(DEBUG) > ac.log 2> ac.log &
+	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runall -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_ad -debug $(DEBUG) > ad.log 2> ad.log &	
+
+test6: fullprep
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runtests runfirst -itempatt %/1 -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_itempatt -v
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runtests runfirst -itempatt %blahha% -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_itempatt -debug 10
 
 cleanprep : ../*.scm Makefile */*.config
 	sqlite3 megatest.db "delete from metadat where var='SERVER';"

Index: tests/fullrun/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fullrun/megatest.config
+++ tests/fullrun/megatest.config
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 area1 /tmp/oldarea/megatest
 
 [include config/mt_include_1.config]
 
 [setup]
-synchronous no
+synchronous yes
 throttle 50
 
 [validvalues]
 state start end 
 status pass fail n/a 0 1 running