Index: debugger.scm
==================================================================
--- debugger.scm
+++ debugger.scm
@@ -17,27 +17,28 @@
 			(mtrx  (matrix
 				#:expand "YES"
 				#:numlin 30
 				#:numcol 3
 				#:numlin-visible 20
-				#:numcol-visible 3
+				#:numcol-visible 2
+				#:alignment1 "ALEFT"
 				)))
 		    (set! pause (button "Pause" 
 					#:action (lambda (obj)
 						   (set! *debugger-control* (not *debugger-control*))
 						   (attribute-set! pause "BGCOLOR" (if *debugger-control*
 										       "200 0 0"
 										       "0 0 200")))))
 		    (set! *debugger-matrix* mtrx)
-		    (attribute-set! mtrx "WIDTH1" "200")
+		    (attribute-set! mtrx "WIDTH1" "300")
 		    (vbox
 		     mtrx
 		     (hbox
 		      pause)))))
 		(main-loop)))))))
 
-(define (debugger-start #!key (start 1))
+(define (debugger-start #!key (start 2))
   (set! *debugger-rownum* start))
 
 (define (debugger-trace-var varname varval)
   (let ((oldval (attribute *debugger-matrix* (conc *debugger-rownum* ":1")))
 	(newval (conc varval)))
@@ -58,14 +59,15 @@
     (if *debugger-control*
 	(begin
 	  (print "PAUSED!")
 	  (thread-sleep! 1)
 	  (loop))
-	(thread-sleep! 0.01))))
+	;;(thread-sleep! 0.01)
+	)))
 		  
 ;;    ;; lets use the debugger eh?
 ;;    (debugger-start)
 ;;    (debugger-trace-var "can-run-more"     can-run-more)
 ;;    (debugger-trace-var "hed"              hed)
 ;;    (debugger-trace-var "prereqs-not-met"  (runs:pretty-string prereqs-not-met))
 ;;    (debugger-pauser)
 

Index: rmt.scm
==================================================================
--- rmt.scm
+++ rmt.scm
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
 	    #f))))
 
 (define *send-receive-mutex* (make-mutex)) ;; should have separate mutex per run-id
 (define (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params #!key (attemptnum 1)) ;; start attemptnum at 1 so the modulo below works as expected
   ;; clean out old connections
-  (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
+  ;; (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
   (let ((expire-time (- (current-seconds) (server:get-timeout) 10))) ;; don't forget the 10 second margin
     (for-each 
      (lambda (run-id)
        (let ((connection (hash-table-ref/default *runremote* run-id #f)))
          (if (and (vector? connection)
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@
 	       (case *transport-type*
 		 ((nmsg)(nn-close (http-transport:server-dat-get-socket 
 				   (hash-table-ref *runremote* run-id)))))
                (hash-table-delete! *runremote* run-id)))))
      (hash-table-keys *runremote*)))
-  (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
+  ;; (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
   ;; (mutex-lock! *send-receive-mutex*)
   (let* ((run-id          (if rid rid 0))
 	 (connection-info (rmt:get-connection-info run-id)))
     ;; the nmsg method does the encoding under the hood (the http method should be changed to do this also)
     (if connection-info

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -490,11 +490,12 @@
 		      "\n reruns:          " reruns
 		      "\n items:           " items
 		      "\n can-run-more:    " can-run-more)
 
     ;; lets use the debugger eh?
-    (debugger-start)
+    (debugger-start start: 2)
+    (debugger-trace-var "runs:expand-items" "")
     (debugger-trace-var "can-run-more"     can-run-more)
     (debugger-trace-var "hed"              hed)
     (debugger-trace-var "prereqs-not-met"  (runs:pretty-string prereqs-not-met))
     (debugger-pauser)
 
@@ -1041,14 +1042,16 @@
 		     "\n  reglen:      " reglen
 		     "\n  length reg:  " (length reg)
 		     "\n  reg:         " reg)
 
 	;; lets use the debugger eh?
-	(debugger-start start: 5)
+	(debugger-start start: 7)
 	(debugger-trace-var "runs:run-tests-queue" "")
-	(debugger-trace-var "items"            items)
 	(debugger-trace-var "hed"              hed)
+	(debugger-trace-var "tal"              tal)
+	(debugger-trace-var "items"            items)
+	(debugger-trace-var "item-path"        item-path)
 	(debugger-trace-var "waitons"          waitons) 
 	(debugger-pauser)
 
 
 	;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an