From nobody Mon May 4 20:21:51 2026 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4g8Y3556rxz6cMvr for ; Mon, 04 May 2026 20:22:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from mail.sermon-archive.info (sermon-archive.info [47.181.130.121]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4g8Y3401LSz3XmP for ; Mon, 04 May 2026 20:22:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bc979@lafn.org designates 47.181.130.121 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bc979@lafn.org Received: from smtpclient.apple (mini [10.0.1.251]) by mail.sermon-archive.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4g8Y2x4NZrzMvbb; Mon, 04 May 2026 13:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3864.500.181\)) Subject: Re: Console output during boot From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <880e3e21-061f-4d2b-a514-13c6905bcd05@fjl.co.uk> Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 13:21:51 -0700 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <7136899E-4CC4-414D-A4CC-CD2C11C51132@sermon-archive.info> <880e3e21-061f-4d2b-a514-13c6905bcd05@fjl.co.uk> To: Frank Leonhardt X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3864.500.181) X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.69 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.96)[-0.964]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.87)[0.874]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.50)[-0.498]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.20)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5650, ipnet:47.181.128.0/18, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[lafn.org: no valid DMARC record]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; APPLE_MAILER_COMMON(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-Spamd-Bar: / X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4g8Y3401LSz3XmP > On May 2, 2026, at 08:52, Frank Leonhardt = wrote: >=20 > On 30/04/2026 01:30, Doug Hardie wrote: >> I have one server (Raspberry Pi 4) which during boot shows all the = hardware configuration, but then stops until the Login prompt appears. = The other servers show the startup of each service and various other = outputs. There is a 10 minute gap on the one server and I would like to = see where it is during that process for that time. I have tried to find = differences between the server configurations and haven't found the one = that controls the startup output. What controls that? Thanks, >>=20 >>=20 > As no one else has said anything, all I can think of is the = rc_startmsgs variable in rc.conf. This defaults to "yes", meaning = display messages like Starting cron, Starting sshd and so on. Are these = what you're missing? No. rc_startmsgs is set and rc_quiet is not set. > You say the config is the same, and therefore rc.conf is the same, but = this is an override for /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > Have a good recursive grep around for anything that mentions = rc_startmsgs (easy when you have the name!) > There's a boot_mute setting in loader.conf but I think that suppresses = hardware probe stuff only. loader.conf man page says the console "nullconsole" command only affects = the loader output. I am seeing all the loader output. > You can also turn up the verbosity by setting rc_debug and rc_info to = "yes". Added both of them and there was no change. > But if it's the Starting.... messages you're not seeing then = rc_stargmsgs is what suppresses them. My guess, FWIW, is you've got a = DNS resolver issue - but I don't use a Raspberry Pi. > Regards, Frank. ntpd doesn't seem to have an issue with DNS. The DNS server is on the = LAN. -- Doug