From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 03:11:07 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 544AA16A4CE for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 03:11:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outside.taborandtashell.net (sub18-33.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.18.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5308343D58 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 03:11:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net) Received: (qmail 41454 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2004 19:11:02 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.9?) (tkelly@192.168.0.9) by 192.168.0.2 with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 4 Dec 2004 19:11:02 -0800 Message-ID: <41B27C44.2050101@taborandtashell.net> Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:11:00 -0800 From: Tabor Kelly User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041112) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edward Carmody References: <00da01c4da3e$53392ce0$0b32050a@edsdell8200> In-Reply-To: <00da01c4da3e$53392ce0$0b32050a@edsdell8200> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot normally - syslog? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 03:11:07 -0000 Edward Carmody wrote: > Hi, > > Running a 5.2.1-Current box. After we suffered a power outage, and the UPS went > offline, the FBSD shut down ugly. > > I get the usual messages scrolling by when I try to boot, but as soon as the > drive gets mounted, I see nothing but zillions of scrolling messages without > newlines: > > ========================================= > logmsg: pri 166, flags 17, from oberon,g > ========================================= > > over and over again. I've let this run like this for an hour, and it shows no > indication of stopping. :( > > I've booted into single-user mode, ran fsck, let it fix some inconsistencies it > found, but when I try to reboot normally, I still get the same logmsgs over and > over again. > > Looks like syslog is looping, but I've no idea how to start fixing this. > > Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Ed Carmody Not to poke fun at your situation, but have you considered a fresh install of 5.3? In the end it may take you less time than fixing your install of 5.2.1. -Tabor Kelly