Index: launch.scm
==================================================================
--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@
 	       )
 
 	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
 	  (let loop ((count 0))
 	    (if (or (file-exists? top-path)
-		    (< count 10))
+		    (> count 10))
 		(change-directory top-path)
 		(begin
 		  (debug:print 0 "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " top-path " not found")
 		  (thread-sleep! 10)
 		  (loop (+ count 1)))))
@@ -293,18 +293,18 @@
 		      (list "default" target)))
 
 	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
 	  (let loop ((count 0))
 	    (if (or (file-exists? work-area)
-		    (< count 10))
+		    (> count 10))
 		(change-directory work-area)
 		(begin
 		  (debug:print 0 "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " work-area " not found")
 		  (thread-sleep! 10)
 		  (loop (+ count 1)))))
 
-	  (change-directory work-area) 
+	  ;; (change-directory work-area) 
 	  (set! keyvals    (keys:target->keyval keys target))
 	  ;; apply pre-overrides before other variables. The pre-override vars must not
 	  ;; clobbers things from the official sources such as megatest.config and runconfigs.config
 	  (if (string? set-vars)
 	      (let ((varpairs (string-split set-vars ",")))

Index: tests.scm
==================================================================
--- tests.scm
+++ tests.scm
@@ -823,17 +823,17 @@
 	  (lambda (a b)
 	    (> (mungepriority (tests:testqueue-get-priority (hash-table-ref test-records a)))
 	       (mungepriority (tests:testqueue-get-priority (hash-table-ref test-records b)))))))
     ;; (let ((dot-res (tests:run-dot (tests:tests->dot test-records) "plain")))
     ;;   (debug:print "dot-res=" dot-res))
-    (let ((data (map cdr (filter
-			  (lambda (x)(equal? "node" (car x)))
-			  (map string-split (tests:easy-dot test-records "plain"))))))
-      (map car (sort data (lambda (a b)
-			    (> (string->number (caddr a))(string->number (caddr b)))))))
-    ))
-    ;; (sort all-tests sort-fn1))) ;; avoid dealing with deleted tests, look at the hash table
+    ;; (let ((data (map cdr (filter
+    ;;     		  (lambda (x)(equal? "node" (car x)))
+    ;;     		  (map string-split (tests:easy-dot test-records "plain"))))))
+    ;;   (map car (sort data (lambda (a b)
+    ;;     		    (> (string->number (caddr a))(string->number (caddr b)))))))
+    ;; ))
+    (sort all-tests sort-fn1))) ;; avoid dealing with deleted tests, look at the hash table
 
 (define (tests:easy-dot test-records outtype)
   (let-values (((fd temp-path) (file-mkstemp (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name) ".XXXXXX"))))
     (let ((all-testnames (hash-table-keys test-records))
 	  (temp-port     (open-output-file* fd)))