I was using STSDev to deploy a feature that would create a custom timer job and write SharePoint Usage Data to a webservice. Somehow the feature was deployed, but never actually hit my site collection feature list. When I tried to retract the solution is said that there was a job pending that would not allow me to retract the solution package. After running
stsadm -o enumdeployments I found the job id copied the id and ran
stsadm -o canceldeployment <job id>. This pushed the solution into the timer jobs and I was able to delete the timer job that was stuck. Then I ran a retractsolution and deploysolution in STSDev. I guess you can say I pulled something back from the dead or the lost. Kind of like in those tv shows where you see someone caught in between two worlds in a sort of limbo. As usual I hope that someone can benefit from my experiences somehow. Have a good fourth!