From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 23:38:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 510331065672 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjah@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us) Received: from cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us (cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us [147.144.1.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41BDD8FC12 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjah@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us) Received: from cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAONSXcV042188 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:28:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jjah@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us) Received: from localhost (jjah@localhost) by cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id mAONSXU7042185 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:28:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jjah@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:28:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Joe R. Jah" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081124140704.R21286@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:38:35 -0000 Hello, I have a box running FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p6. At the end of startup the system spits seven or more lines to the console: # tail -8 /var/log/messages Nov 24 13:38:06 cloudy kernel: bce0: link state changed to UP Nov 24 13:38:12 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mAO8nlmu018313: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe Nov 24 13:38:12 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mAO1Yeec000932: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe Nov 24 13:38:18 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mANDA7Vr051303: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe Nov 24 13:38:18 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mAM8jXWx033167: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe Nov 24 13:38:18 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mAL8nNii015423: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe Nov 24 13:38:18 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mAKDFDxL019571: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe Nov 24 13:38:18 cloudy sm-mta[732]: mAK8nxOL017816: SYSERR(root): putbody: write error: Broken pipe The first two or three lines always come six seconds after the network changes to UP, and six seconds later the other five or more lines come out. Please advise. Regards, Joe -- _/ _/_/_/ _/ ____________ __o _/ _/ _/ _/ ______________ _-\<,_ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ ......(_)/ (_) _/_/ oe _/ _/. _/_/ ah jjah@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us