Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:57:00 +0700 From: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: init: can't get /dev/console Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020924115700.007ccad0@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th>
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This morning, when I tried to run a script to portupgrade (created by 'portversion -c > needs.update') my server rebooted spontaneously. Since then I haven't been able to access the console. Luckily I *have* been able to log in via SSH and then su to root, but the console is stuck. The last line showing on the screen is: Local package initialization: apache and the cursor is just sitting there blinking. In fact the mysql server and client daemons have also been started, but apparently local initialization stopped before Samba was started. There were two processes running the shell script rc with the command autoboot. After I killed them I was able to start Samba by running the script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. The only messages I can find in /var/log/messages that seem to be related are recurring "init: can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Operation not permitted" that seem to be coming up about once a minute. uname -a shows: FreeBSD poppy.imp.ac.th 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Mon Jul 29 18:24:53 ICT 2002 Except for spontaneous rebooting whenever I try to run portsdb -Uu remotely the machine has been running fine since I last built world. The portsdb problem has existed since I installed the damned thing, but I've been too lazy to deinstall portupgrade since it (usually) works from the console. I'm lost. How can I get control of my console again? -- Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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