From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 10 09:11:29 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A605E22A for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:11:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sc3app27.rit.edu (sc3app27.rit.edu [129.21.35.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69BD4152D for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:11:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qe0-f41.google.com (mail-qe0-f41.google.com [209.85.128.41]) by smtp-server.rit.edu (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31420) with ESMTPS id <0MXL00FAU2V33D@smtp-server.rit.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:11:27 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qe0-f41.google.com with SMTP id gh4so3780553qeb.14 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:11:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.191.195 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:11:26 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.16.80 with SMTP id n16mr42640816qaa.42.1386666686915; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:11:26 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.16.80 with SMTP id n16mr42640783qaa.42.1386666686629; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:11:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:11:26 -0800 From: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild In-reply-to: <20131210170905.1dfb9fd7@X220.alogt.com> Sender: ewh2048@rit.edu To: Erich Dollansky Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-RIT-Received-From: 209.85.128.41 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9dILQLdMYbBZ8vwtFlu8sF/9ix4YWA9KyE4NVB+5Y+s=; b=hGtaYnov1c2z9UQJ9Z5JelNHULxKRAgol8HbsNyJY5pumP40lKKJete0wdjXqYsag9 r2FZqfww4/L+BVEleEPFbfwhNWd5aJ6hfb1FZep7ReleLH8EAo1Qm7rpLyKVguACh2ft wGwM0iZNnCblJSob5Q+fuMxDAq5KuOUb+qusjORlS6R2lfPYbJwLk+fuGoTLirEApm7j AR9D2CrC5KJcBvK6dlDVVIOJns5jI9sDweAvl//VBQlftKHW0clewlG1QhQzTKXk77rS kER8kTHImK6UOfeOk0f4+8wZSwtHMNI2E2hBPerGCCH2TT1sxDnRCqORbBT31O0TKqvU Hi7w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnv+rnEupr8EgX7j0yllIqfReawMOzfVDYKJDbyk5jINKLr1wmid7Upi2eHulaKGNB4fRXYp9eywzcTvgFuiIXljWMril/UokWV9esN91YbxewAus2H2DwfLIrpT5qf0MMpM/LcxtuFc7ayz/D0lIBwZLmeUe74+tY54InZRvnwIYWYdH8= X-Google-Sender-Auth: KbMm-wwFwORM5rqumlh-7-FDDmk References: <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> <20131210170905.1dfb9fd7@X220.alogt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:11:29 -0000 It is also a FreeBSD 9.2 machine. It is being virtualized using KVM and virtio. Ethan House On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800 > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" wrote: > > > http://pastebin.com/LcCXcjq6 > > > > Not sure if I am making a newb mistake. This would be my first > > worldbuild. > > > just compiling the kernel and the world does not install anything on > the system. With other words, there is not chance to destroy it except > the file system is already damaged. But this would be a totally > different problem then. > > It seems to me that there are some files missing from your include > directory. Try to install a fresh 9.2 locally and compare to see what > is really missing. It also could be that just a path is set the wrong > way. > > Are you able to run a fsck on the machine? This should be done normally > during the start-up of the machine. > > > I confirmed I was on the 9.2 source tree. > > What is uname -a saying? You might be able to re-install the same > version of it then. This will avoid certain potential problems for you. > > Do you know what hardware you are using? If so, check the Internet for > potential problems with it. > > Erich > > > > Ethan House > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Erich Dollansky < > > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 > > > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" wrote: > > > > > > > I have a working root shell. sshd still seems to work fine, for > > > > now atleast. > > > > > > so, download the sources. Isn't 9.2 also the current version of the > > > 9 branch? If not, download the 9.2 release sources and compile them. > > > > > > It should always work out to download and compile the sources. If > > > the version is identical, you should not need the mergemaster step > > > but this could also create other problems. Root should always work > > > afterwards. At least it did for me. > > > > > > Erich > > > > > > > > Ethan House > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Erich Dollansky < > > > > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:57:53 -0800 > > > > > Ethan House wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I inherited a FreeBSD 9.2 machine in pretty bad shape. The > > > > > > base system seems to be all out of whack with missing > > > > > > libraries all over the place. A reinstall of the OS is not an > > > > > > option as I am many states away from the box in question. > > > > > > Having no idea what caused this what is the best way to fix > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > how can you connect to the machine? > > > > > > > > > > If you have any chance to copy files to it as root, I would > > > > > build a 9.2-system on a machine at hand and then copy the files > > > > > to the affected machine until a normal log-in is possible. > > > > > > > > > > It should then be possible to download the 9.2 sources and > > > > > compile a new system locally. > > > > > > > > > > Erich > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >