Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:09:39 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Forrest <praxis@techpraxis.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accidentally upgraded to 4.3-BETA; how do I fix problems Message-ID: <15017.39667.9361.33734@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <37405686@toto.iv>
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Forrest <praxis@techpraxis.com> types: > Hi folks, hoping that someone here can help us out. > We have been happily running a FreeBSD 4.1 server for a year. No problems of > any consequence. We upgraded to 4.2-RELEASE, via cvsup, no problems. > A few days ago, we were running 4.2-RELEASE, and decided to upgrade to > 4.2-STABLE. Our standard-supfile we configured to read, like normal: > > [in 'Defaults that apply to all connections'] > *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 [problem here??] > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > And of course, in 'Main Source Tree' > Src-all > > OK, well we cvsup'ed, built a new kernel, made world, merge differences-- > There was a problem here, we may have overridden our original /etc files and > we lost the tar we made of the original /etc... > > So now I've got, according to uname > 4.3-BETA, > Of which I can't find much mention anywhere on mailing lists or web.. > How did this happen? See the FAQ entry on "Why did I get -BETA" <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#dmin.html#RELEASE-CANDIDATE >. > Problems: > First, X doesn't work at all. When starting x, we get: > Authentication failed - cannot start X server. > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? > [then...] > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =2 > [again] > [and finally it gives up] > Xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server > Xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Have you checked the console ownership? Have you tried running it as root? > Okay next problem. > > In /etc/rc.conf, I have inetd turned "off" > Yet ps -aux | grep inetd yields: > Root 105 0.0 0.2 1036 748 ?? Is 3:45PM 0:00.01 inetd To disable inetd, you need to set inetd_enable="no", not "off". > What gives? Also, any other change I make to rc.conf, whether manually or > with /stand/sysinstall, has no effect! > This leads me to believe that the system is being controlled by other files. rc.conf only takes effect on reboots. To diagnose specific problems, specific information is needed. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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