From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 26 15:39:53 2008 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 439B816A419 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA00C13C4D5 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:39:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A7C46.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.124.70]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0QFdoD0045609 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:39:51 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0QFeu50040336 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:40:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0QFepNs021618 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:40:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200801261540.m0QFepNs021618@fire.js.berklix.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Comments: In-reply-to "Julian Stacey" message dated "." Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:40:51 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: dmesg : no output on 1 of 2 7-stable boxes 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, 26 Jan 2008 15:39:53 -0000 One of 2 laptops running 7-stable shows nothing with dmesg, (other is OK). Needs fresh eyes please, as I've already checked all this: - Text is in /var/log/messages, readable to normal users. - df shows enough disc - I patched out all of loader.conf, except essential hw.ata.ata_dma="0" (that was to remove any *verbose* that might be overflowing - I tried loader.conf kern.msgbuf=64000 - Tried a Generic kernel - I've recompiled & installed dmesg & kernels - Haven't done a make world (slow box), but repeated make all ; make install with each day's new source. - Both hosts running same /usr/src from yesterday: /pub/FreeBSD/development/CTM/src-7/src-7.0102.gz Jan 25 15:25 TZ=GMT+01:00 - cd /etc;grep dmesg * rc.conf:dmesg_enable="YES" # Save dmesg(8) to /var/run/dmesg.boot Binary file rc.d matches # Just the standard /etc/rc.d/dmesg rc.local:/sbin/dmesg > /tmp/dmesg.rc.local # -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 25 14:01 /tmp/dmesg.rc.local - mergemaster -sicvP Any ideas please ? Julian -- Julian Stacey. Munich Consultant: BSD Linux Unix. http://berklix.com