how do I fix this?

[guru4u.net]

/etc/init.d/jboss status
jboss dead but subsys locked


is that a lockfile issue?

[nandakishorem]

The Jboss service is crashed for some reason. Lock file will be created and removed when service is started and stopped. If it is crashed then the lock file still exists making jboss subsys to be locked.

So restart the jboss server:

/etc/init.d/jboss restart