From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 21:25:40 2006 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 A8E7F16A420 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:25:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A74A43D46 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:25:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 5430 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2006 21:25:40 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 27 Jan 2006 21:25:39 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id C23E228420; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:25:38 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: vittorio References: <200601271325.15768.vdemart1@tin.it> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 27 Jan 2006 16:25:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200601271325.15768.vdemart1@tin.it> Message-ID: <44bqxxtlbh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 64 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with locale & entropy (what's that?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:25:40 -0000 vittorio 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 > /usr/libexec/save-entropy > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron-Env: > > X-Cron-Env: > X-Cron- > Env: > X-Cron-Env: > > --: 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".