From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 31 06:38:05 2011 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 5FC64106564A for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from smtp.3dresearch.com (dorabella.3dresearch.com [66.167.251.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 284878FC08 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:38:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fracasso.3dresearch.com (pool-96-236-238-95.pitbpa.east.verizon.net [96.236.238.95]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vmail.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9DF3ADCCE for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:57:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from fracasso.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fracasso.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 957B95D96 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:57:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:57:04 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics To: FreeBSD Questions Message-Id: <20111231005704.7a31cfb1.web@3dresearch.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Single user mode exits unexpectedly 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: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:38:05 -0000 I have just rebuilt world and kernel according to the Handbook, installed the new kernel, rebooted, logged in, issued "sudo shutdown now" - the machine entered single user mode, then immediately exited without any intervention by me and continued to boot into multiuser mode. Here is a snippet from /var/log/messages: Dec 30 17:41:15 iguana rc.shutdown: 30 second watchdog timeout expired. Shutdown terminated. Dec 30 17:41:15 iguana init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc.shutdown terminated abnormally, going to single user mode Dec 30 17:41:15 iguana syslogd: exiting on signal 15 <--- Dec 30 17:41:28 iguana syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel <--- This seems to be happening every time in response to "shutdown now". However, I can cold boot this machine into single user mode with nothing unusual. This is FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64, rebuilt on 12/26/2011 I guess I may have unintentionally changed a config file? Where should I look? -- Janos Dohanics