Index: launch.scm
==================================================================
--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -185,13 +185,15 @@
       (debug:print 2 "Launching completed, updating db")
       (debug:print 4 "Launch results: " launch-results)
       (if (not launch-results)
 	  (begin
 	    (print "ERROR: Failed to run " (string-intersperse fullcmd " ") ", exiting now")
-	    ;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
+	    (sqlite3:finalize! db)
 	    ;; good ole "exit" seems not to work
 	    ;; (_exit 9)
+	    ;; but this hack will work! Thanks go to Alan Post of the Chicken email list
+	    (process-signal (current-process-id) signal/kill)
 	    ))
       (alist->env-vars miscprevvals)
       (alist->env-vars testprevvals)
       (alist->env-vars commonprevvals)
       launch-results)))

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -423,11 +423,13 @@
 				       (null? ((car testrundat)))) ;; are there any tests that must be run before this one...
 				   (if (not ((cadr testrundat))) ;; this is the line that launches the test to the remote host
 				       (begin
 					 (print "ERROR: Failed to launch the test. Exiting as soon as possible")
 					 (set! *globalexitstatus* 1) ;; 
-					 (exit 1)))
+					 (process-signal (current-process-id) signal/kill)
+					 ;(exit 1)
+					 ))
 				   (if (not (args:get-arg "-keepgoing"))
 				       (hash-table-set! *waiting-queue* new-test-name testrundat)))))))
 		      ((KILLED) 
 		       (debug:print 1 "NOTE: " new-test-name " is already running or was explictly killed, use -force to launch it."))
 		      ((LAUNCHED REMOTEHOSTSTART RUNNING)  

Index: tests/Makefile
==================================================================
--- tests/Makefile
+++ tests/Makefile
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 runall :
 	cd ../;make 
 	$(MEGATEST) -keepgoing -runall :sysname ubuntu :fsname nfs :datapath none :runname `date +%GWW%V.%u` -m "This is a comment specific to a run" -v
 
 test :
+	csi -I .. ../megatest.scm -- -runall :sysname ubuntu :fsname afs :datapath tmp :runname blah
 	cd ../;make test
 	make runall
 
 dashboard :
 	cd ../;make dashboard

Index: tests/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/megatest.config
+++ tests/megatest.config
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 [jobtools]
 # ## launcher launches jobs, the job is managed on the target host
 ## by megatest, comment out launcher to run local
 # workhosts localhost hermes
-# launcher nbfake
-launcher nodanggood
+launcher nbfake
+# launcher nodanggood
 
 ## use "xterm -e csi -- " as a launcher to examine the launch environment.
 ## exit with (exit)
 ## get a shell with (system "bash")
 # launcher xterm -e csi --