There are cases where the log reader agent hangs while attempting to
initialize the distributor.
The one time I encountered this problem I was able to solve it by a reboot.
[quoted text, click to view] "Girish Golwala" <golwag@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Right after restoring
> dist db, pub db and msdb,
> logreader agent fails with message saying
> step did not generate any output?
>
> I tried sp_replrestart and stil l getting same error.
>
> ANy clue? How to resolve this problem?