From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 11:54:48 2004 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 5092F16A4CF for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:54:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216AC43D46 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:54:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DC4569A71; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:54:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:54:46 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: simon butsana Message-Id: <20040923075446.7d0ba18c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040923082930.81810.qmail@web11332.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040923082930.81810.qmail@web11332.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 startup issue after adding MySQL daemon fireup line in /etc/rc.conf 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: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:54:48 -0000 simon butsana wrote: > Hi, > > I have a machine that worked fine a couple of hours ago. > > After installing MySQL everything went OK and I have been able to shutdown > and restart it several times. > > After FreeBSD startup, I had to manually launch the following command to > manually launch the MySQL server daoemon: > > shell#support-files/mysql.server -u root -p start > > I expected the computer to prompt for MySQL admin password after OS > startup but it just fails and I cannot anymore gain access to system. > > Does anyone have a workaround for this? Read this information on how to start ports at boot: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-starting-services.html Last time I installed MySQL, it installed a script for me. Check to see if one is there that just requires enabling per section 11.5.1 HTH -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com