Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -2745,12 +2745,10 @@
       db
       "INSERT OR REPLACE into test_steps (test_id,stepname,state,status,event_time,comment,logfile) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?);"
       test-id teststep-name state-in status-in (current-seconds)
       (if comment comment "")
       (if logfile logfile "")))))
-
-
 
 (define (db:delete-steps-for-test! dbstruct run-id test-id)
   ;; TODO: figure out why status is the key field rather than state (note:  CONSTRAINT test_steps_constraint UNIQUE (test_id,stepname,state) )
   (db:with-db
    dbstruct

Index: rmt.scm
==================================================================
--- rmt.scm
+++ rmt.scm
@@ -72,34 +72,11 @@
 
 ;; RA => e.g. usage (rmt:send-receive 'get-var #f (list varname))
 ;;
 (define (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params #!key (attemptnum 1)(area-dat #f)) ;; start attemptnum at 1 so the modulo below works as expected
   (assert *toppath* "FATAL: rmt:send-receive called with *toppath* not set.")
-
-  (if (not (eq? (rmt:transport-mode) 'nfs))
-      (begin
-	(if (> attemptnum 2)
-	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: attemptnum in rmt:send-receive is " attemptnum))
-	
-	(cond
-	 ((> attemptnum 2) (thread-sleep! 0.05))
-	 ((> attemptnum 10) (thread-sleep! 0.5))
-	 ((> attemptnum 20) (thread-sleep! 1)))
-	
-	;; I'm turning this off, it may make sense to move it
-	;; into http-transport-handler
-	(if (and (> attemptnum 5) (= 0 (modulo attemptnum 15)))  
-	    (begin
-	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: can't connect to server, trying to start a server.")
-	      (case (rmt:transport-mode)
-		((http)
-		 (server:run *toppath*)
-		 (thread-sleep! 3))
-		(else
-		 (thread-sleep! 1) ;; for tcp the server is started by routines in tcp-transportmod. For nfs there is no server
-		 ))))))
-  
+	
   ;; 1. check if server is started IFF cmd is a write OR if we are not on the homehost, store in runremote
   ;; 2. check the age of the connections. refresh the connection if it is older than timeout-20 seconds.
   ;; 3. do the query, if on homehost use local access
   ;;
   (let* ((start-time    (current-seconds)) ;; snapshot time so all use cases get same value