From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 17:34:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD143106567D for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:34:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741228FC0C for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:34:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q14HYJMG059960; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:34:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q14HYJ8U059957; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:34:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:34:19 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-Reply-To: <20120204165214.6f14f4a5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Message-ID: References: <20120202212222.e940f64c.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20120203204110.cc933dc5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20120204043756.GA67863@DataIX.net> <20120204164423.ba815842.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20120204165214.6f14f4a5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:34:20 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.2-stable: devd fails to restart X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:34:22 -0000 On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > More data: > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is not running. > root@kg-v2# service devd start > Starting devd. > devd: devd already running, pid: 808 > /etc/rc.d/devd: WARNING: failed to start devd > root@kg-v2# rm /var/run/devd.pid > root@kg-v2# service devd start > Starting devd. > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is running as pid 30165. > root@kg-v2# service devd stop > Stopping devd. > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is not running. > root@kg-v2# ll /var/run/devd.pid > -rw------- 1 root wheel 5 Feb 4 16:45 /var/run/devd.pid > root@kg-v2# service devd start > Starting devd. > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is running as pid 30206. > > Let me try to install the webcamd port again... done. > Now testing again: > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is running as pid 30206. > root@kg-v2# service devd stop > Stopping devd. > root@kg-v2# ll /var/run/devd.pid > -rw------- 1 root wheel 5 Feb 4 16:48 /var/run/devd.pid > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is not running. > root@kg-v2# service devd start > Starting devd. > root@kg-v2# service devd status > devd is running as pid 35551. > > Not really sure what's going on here. Possibly relevant: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=140462&cat= (Using DHCP from /etc/rc.conf leaves a lock on devd.pid. SYNCDHCP does not.) And the thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-October/012749.html