From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 08:02:41 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 9AFDA1065690 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from angel.comcen.com.au (angel.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3848FC19 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (unknown [202.172.126.254]) by angel.comcen.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id C646E5C2F0BF for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:53:55 +1000 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1222839623.8573.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <1222839623.8573.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:54:09 +1000 Message-Id: <1222847649.8573.11.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: C646E5C2F0BF.E22B7 X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0.1, required 3, RDNS_NONE 0.10) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: mysql rc script failure - correction: most installed rc scripts not running manually 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: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:02:41 -0000 On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 15:40 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > Has anyone else had trouble with starting mysql server with the rc > script? > > I've only just installed from ports (as a dependency, mind) and > technically it should just start when you run the rc script - it sets up > the db dirs and stuff so it can just run. But I can't get it to do the > setup stuff automatically, and so the script fails. I've done the setup > manually before so its no real biggy, but I imagine others would be more > than a little frustrated. > > Anyone else have this trouble? I just realised I had to do this last > time too... > > For reference: I'm starting the script manually for testing at this > point (if that makes a difference- which I believe it shouldn't). Manually running port installed rc scripts is not working manually. I'm trying mysql, courier-imap, and I've tried isc-dhcp in the past. None of these will work when run manually- even on different machines and bsd versions (all 6.x). Is it just me?