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Date:      Sun,  9 Feb 2003 22:00:07 -0600
From:      itchibahn <freebsd@isot.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Local package initialization
Message-ID:  <1044849607.3e4723c7418cf@webmail.isot.com>
In-Reply-To: <003201c2d072$c71ed150$0201a8c0@scorpio>
References:  <003201c2d072$c71ed150$0201a8c0@scorpio>

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Did as you suggested, and found few several packages were installed by previous 
engineers.  They weren't neccessary, so I pkg_delete them.  And also stopped 
apache.sh from auto starting.  Fixed.  Thanks.


Quoting Jeff Palmer <scorpio@drkshdw.org>:

> When the boot process hangs there,   usually  it's because the machine
> is trying to start a program that you've installed.   There are a couple
> things which could slow it down.   DNS lookups are probably the most
> common.   If you are starting a daemon that needs to use DNS,  it may
> not be able to resolve your hostname.  Therefore,  it'll wait until the
> lookup TTL expires.
> 
> I've seen sendmail, mysql, postgresql, and other such daemons cause this
> issue.
> 
> Another thing it could be,  is a misconfigured daemon.   For instance,
> if you recently installed postgresql,  and forgot to initialize the
> database,  the daemon won't be able to start,  but fbsd is waiting for a
> clean exit code to continue booting.
> 
> My advice, 
> 
> Reboot the machine.   When it hangs,  look at the package it mentions
> immediately before it hangs.  And the package mentioned immediately
> after hitting control+c.    It'll very likely be one of those two
> utilities are misconfigured.
> 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]
> > On Behalf Of itchibahn
> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 2:18 PM
> > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Local package initialization
> > 
> > I'm running FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, and getting stuck at the end of boot
> > process:
> > 
> > "Local package initialization"
> > 
> > When this is reached, it sets there forever.  I have to CTRL-C and
> > continues to
> > login prompt.  Any ways to fix this?  Thanks.
> > 
> > 
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