From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 11:36:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 EEA4616A41F for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:36:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nospam@apriori.net) Received: from modena360.cwihosting.com (modena360.cwihosting.com [209.18.76.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB3D543D4C for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:36:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nospam@apriori.net) Received: from apriori by modena360.cwihosting.com with local (Exim 4.52) id 1EghJT-0006pm-I1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:36:52 -0500 Received: from 70.22.242.248 ([70.22.242.248]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user nospam@apriori.net) by www.apriori.net with HTTP; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:36:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <60467.70.22.242.248.1133177811.squirrel@www.apriori.net> In-Reply-To: <200511272104.18479.akbeech@gmail.com> References: <61677.70.22.242.248.1133155746.squirrel@www.apriori.net> <200511272104.18479.akbeech@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:36:51 -0500 (EST) From: nospam@apriori.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - modena360.cwihosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [688 689] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apriori.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: strange entropy (or cron) message 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, 28 Nov 2005 11:36:54 -0000 >> To: operator@... >> Subject: Cron /usr/libexec/save-entropy >> >> 5 : not found >> ------------------------------------------- >> >> I have noticed that while still at the command line, the number "5" >> sporadically appears in the boot messages; the system responds with the >> equivalent of "don't know what that's for..." message. >> >> Anyone have a suggestion about what this is and how I should fix it? >> Thank >> you. > > Carefully check your /etc/rc.conf file for something uncommented or > corrupted. > I had the same problem with This: not found and it turned out to be a line > in > the header was uncommented and the next word was "This". It about drove me > batty until I found it. > > Beech Hi, Beech - I found this bit of stuff in the rc.conf: ----------------- # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Oct 3 08:28:56 2005 moused_flags=""ZAxisMapping" "4 5" " ----------------- I don't understand why there are doubled-double quotes. This is the only place in rc.conf that there is a number 5. Not sure what that command does to the mouse daemon or if it's even a correct call. Kind regards, -- paz.