Date: 27 Jan 2006 16:25:38 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with locale & entropy (what's that?) Message-ID: <44bqxxtlbh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200601271325.15768.vdemart1@tin.it> References: <200601271325.15768.vdemart1@tin.it>
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vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> writes: > On a (mainly) postgresql pentium 4 server at office I upgraded freebsd 5.4 to > 6 by means of a CD with the standard ISO > downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org (I can't use any alternative means becuase > of the tight rules of security of our network). > I tailored and compiled the kernel and upgraded the system by the usual > commands: > > make buildword > boot > mergemaster -p > make > installworld > mergemaster > boot So what you're saying is that you did a source upgrade rather than a binary upgrade, and that you got the sources from the CD? If so, and you did a "buildworld" but no buildkernel/installkernel? That means you're still running a 5.4 kernel. Perhaps you mis-typed your "usual commands"? [After all, there is a typo in them, so you obviously didn't cut and paste from what you actually did. > > > The locale is Italian and the system speaks Italian, for instance mc. > > Not it happens that when launching 010.pgsql start, apache.sh start, etc. > they all start issuing the following warning > > --: not found > > > Besides, after upgrading to 6, I go on receiving each 11 minutes the > following email > > Date: > Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:00:00 +0100 (CET) > From: operator@uffbsd.ddd (Cron Daemon) > To: operator@uffbsd.ddd > Subject: Cron <operator@uffbsd> > /usr/libexec/save-entropy > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > X-Cron-Env: > <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> > X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/> > X-Cron- > Env: <LOGNAME=operator> > X-Cron-Env: <USER=operator> > > --: not found > > > /var/log/messages doesn't say anything related to this. > > Could you give me a helpful hand? The save-entropy cron job (type "apropos entropy" if you still don't know what entropy is) does, indeed, run 11 minutes from crontab. Like all the startup scripts, it includes /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf to let you set configuration for its behaviour. I suspect that you have some bad syntax in rc.conf; you can run it through sh to see: "sh /etc/rc.conf".
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