From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 10:00:09 2003 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 4716A16A4BF for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFF6D43FE9 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from enabled.com (localhost.enabled.com [127.0.0.1]) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h88H070T098475 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:00:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) From: "admin" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:00:07 -0800 Message-Id: <20030908165457.M98886@enabled.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.01 20030425 X-OriginatingIP: 131.161.240.206 (admin2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: FreeBSD 4.8 local startup issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:00:09 -0000 running: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE okay I am having a strange issue. after the last reboot after my FreeBSD machine became unreachable - and required a power cycle. mostly all processes listed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d did not start. this only happens very rarely and has happens after FreeBSD crashed or is not brought down very cleanly. can somebody recommend a way to auto run these scripts - and make sure these files get executed on boot up. how can I make sure processes are running correctly with automation. the following line exists in my /etc/defaults/rc.conf file: --- snip --- local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d" # startup script dirs. --- snip --- - noah