Index: dashboard.scm
==================================================================
--- dashboard.scm
+++ dashboard.scm
@@ -263,23 +263,31 @@
 				       (let loop ()
 					   (case (thread-state th1)
 					     ((terminated)
 					      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "th1 terminated, all done for now."))
 					     ((running)
+					      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "th1 running, suspending now.")
 					      (thread-suspend! th1)
 					      (thread-sleep! 0.1)
 					      (loop))
 					     ((sleeping)
+					      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "th1 sleeping, resuming now.")
 					      (thread-resume! th1)
 					      (thread-sleep! 0.9)
 					      (loop))
+					     ((dead)
+					      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "th1 "(thread-state th1)", what's next?"))
 					     (else
+					      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "th1 "(thread-state th1)", what's next?")
+					      (thread-sleep! 0.5)
 					      (loop))))))))
+	      (set! *updaters-running* #t)
 	      (thread-start! th1)
 	      (thread-sleep! 0.1)
 	      (thread-start! th2)
-	      (thread-join! th1))))))
+	      (thread-join! th1)
+	      (set! *updaters-running* #f))))))
 
 ;; if tab-num passed in then use it, otherwise look in commondat at curr-tab-num
 ;; adds the updater passed in the updaters list at that hashkey
 ;;
 (define (dboard:commondat-add-updater commondat updater #!key (tab-num #f))

Index: dbmod.scm
==================================================================
--- dbmod.scm
+++ dbmod.scm
@@ -785,8 +785,18 @@
      (lambda (dbdat db)
        (sqlite3:execute db qry
 			(or newstate  currstate "NOT_STARTED")
 			(or newstatus currstate "UNKNOWN")
 			run-id testname)))))
+;;======================================================================
+;; db to db sync
+;;======================================================================
+
+(define (dbmod:db-to-db-sync src-db dest-db last-update)
+  (let ((sdb #f) ;;
+	(ddb #f))
+    (dbmod:sync-gasket tables last-update inmem db
+		       dbfullname syncdir)
+    ))
 
 
 )