From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 23:48:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE7B816A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 23:48:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E240443D1D for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 23:48:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBO7mSca007914 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:48:28 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hBO7mRoo007913; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:48:27 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:48:27 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: pics Message-ID: <20031224074827.GA7707@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , pics , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <00b801c3c9bb$00be3a80$6400a8c0@r6s5m1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00b801c3c9bb$00be3a80$6400a8c0@r6s5m1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shutdown and reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:48:37 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:12:29PM -0800, pics wrote: > I've had experience with RH Linux but am not very familiar with FreeBsd. = For some reason, I cannot get the machine to reboot or to shutdown. I looke= d at the man pages for the shutdown command, and, for rebooting, typed #shu= tdown -r now. but I still have the same problem as I did with the reboot co= mmand: >=20 > ... > Saving firewall state tables:. > Dec 23 17:08:40 syslogd: exiting on signal 15 > Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process 'vnlru' to stop...stopped Hmmm... That's certainly not correct -- it should print out 'System halted' or some such. Then it should proceed to reset the system and display the BIOS screens as it starts to reboot. I've seen systems where it will do the shutdown part, but fails to get the system to reset and start rebooting unless you hit the reset button. =20 > and that's where it just freezes!!! > Also, for shutdown, after printing some stuff on the screen, it asks me f= or a shell then gives me the shell's prompt like nothing happened. > I'm no sys admin so some help is appreciated. Thanks. Well, that "stuff on the screen" is kind of important for us to be able to tell you what is actually going wrong. At a guess: your machine has a damaged filesystem and so is only booting up to single user mode. You need to run: # fsck -y which should repair the damage. Eventually that command should tell you 'Filesystem clean' for all of the filesystems on your machine. You should then be able to type 'reboot' and the system will come up normally. However, this is just a guess and it could be something else wrong which needs different action in order to fix. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/6UTLdtESqEQa7a0RAofCAJ4/tVd8GrLSm8N3Udzz+cte3ZZi6wCglFJ5 3l2GE+4uFKwFIor3sPSyaqk= =c9TN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--