From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 15:28:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 02FDF16A41F for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:28:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F1243D45 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:28:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 13745 invoked from network); 30 Dec 2005 15:28:02 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 30 Dec 2005 15:28:02 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 9337B28423; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:28:01 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20051228081309.I95953@seibercom.net> <44u0csq6ib.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20051229160037.E5E3.GERARD@seibercom.net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 30 Dec 2005 10:28:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20051229160037.E5E3.GERARD@seibercom.net> Message-ID: <44wthmiozi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 37 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Unable to install Webmin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:28:03 -0000 Gerard Seibert writes: > On Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:15:24 AM > Lowell Gilbert > Subject: Re: Unable to install Webmin > Wrote these words of wisdom: > > > Hmm. I can't reproduce the problem. > > > > Did you install from the port? > > If so, did you set the rc.conf variable as instructed by the port? > > > ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** > On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: > > Yes, I have the proper notation in rc.conf. The 'webmin' program is > causing a perl.core dump, and I cannot fathom why. I have deleted and > rebuilt everything, but still no success. > > I spoke to someone a day ago who said that they had webmin running fine > and then suddenly one day it started doing the same thing as mine. They > never got it to work either until they dumped the system and started > over. I am not about to go that route. > > I have no idea what to do with the perl.core file. Perhaps someone knows > how to debug this situation. Well, running it under a debugger would be the obvious way. truss(1) would be worth trying first. Since perl is otherwise working, you might try contacting the webmin port maintainer for advice. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/