From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 5 20: 3:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3617337BDFD for ; Fri, 5 May 2000 20:03:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.sea.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA15512 for ; Fri, 5 May 2000 20:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.9.3/8.7.3) id UAA11447 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 5 May 2000 20:03:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 20:03:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *strange* Message-ID: <20000505200327.A11398@tao.thought.org> References: <200005060210.TAA11126@tao.thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200005060210.TAA11126@tao.thought.org>; from kline@tao.thought.org on Fri, May 05, 2000 at 07:10:37PM -0700 X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 07:10:37PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > This is the most bizarre thing I've seen in the 5 years of FBSD. > > Nutshell, I messed up the installation of 4.0 and reinstalled by > Upgrade from my 3.2 CD. > > The machine boots to the date stage and hangs. I can, however, > telnet in from this platform into root (!flame, please). As > root from this xterm, I'm about to re-CVSup everything. > > Any idea what could be hanging the console and preventing it > from giving me a login prompt?? > PS to the above: I hacked /etc/ttys to let me login as root by telnet; I may have hacked the file too much and made getty unhappy. Guess. I'm not going to upset cvsup right now, tho. -g -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message