Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 00:47:53 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Forrest <praxis@techpraxis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Accidentally upgraded to 4.3-BETA; how do I fix problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103100041470.15270-100000@shazam.int> In-Reply-To: <B6CEC2D7.1AD0%praxis@techpraxis.com>
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> > > > The 4.3-BETA tag means "4-STABLE in code freeze, pending -RELEASE status". > > > > -- > > Matt Emmerton > > Thank you, Matthew for clearing up that little point. > If someone could please tell me why inetd is loading at startup even though > /etc/rc.conf says clearly, inetd = NO > And what reasons could make it so I have console permissions to start x, as > per my original question? > > --Thanks > Forrest Hawes > There was a change to the way the rc files are read, I believe around 4.1. Check that you have "source_rc_confs" in rc, rc.devfs, rc.diskless2, rc.firewall, rc.shutdown and in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. If not, you have old versions of these files and the system will appear to be ignoring config changes. Just a thought.. -Jim Durham > ---Original message post to freebsd-questions > ---------------------------------- > On 3/9/01 4:47 PM, "Forrest" <praxis@techpraxis.com> wrote: > > > 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? > > > > 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. > > > > 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 > > > > 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. > > > > Okay, that's it for now, I'm sure I will get some "duh, you forgot the > > obvious" answers, but that's the price for upgrading to a BETA, even though it > > was (mea culpa) an accident... > > > > Forrest > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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