From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 7 22:35: 2 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 22:34:58 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-a.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.2.221.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5977037B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:34:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (bsdx@localhost) by turtle.looksharp.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA71314; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 01:34:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 01:34:47 -0500 (EST) From: Adam To: Kevin Mills Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bad namelist In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is /dev/null existant with proper permissions? Make sure its a special (char) file like above and not a normal file. (user1)sapphire:/dev % ls -l null crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Dec 8 01:33 null (user1)sapphire:/dev % ps | head -n 1 PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND (user1)sapphire:/dev % rm /dev/null && touch /dev/null (user1)sapphire:/dev % ls -l /dev/null -rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 Dec 8 01:34 /dev/null (user1)sapphire:/dev % ps | head -n 1 ps: bad namelist (user1)sapphire:/dev % rm null && ./MAKEDEV std (user1)sapphire:/dev % ps | head -n 1 PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Kevin Mills wrote: > >Alright... I've R'd the FM, I've searched the mailing list archives and >I've tried the various suggestions, but I still get "bad namelist". > >I had 4.2 RC1 and cvsup'd 4.2-stable today (12/7), I built the world >according to the instructions, executed mergemaster, double checked the >results, updated dev, rebuilt my kernel using the "buildkernel" and >"installkernel" targets. What did I miss? > >One poster suggested removing /var/run/utmp, touching it and rebooting. >That didn't work. I also tried unmounting /proc, removing it from >/etc/fstab, rebooting, putting /proc back in and rebooting. Still ps, >top, etc. all say "bad namelist". > >What is the solution? Please help! > >fwiw, here is what "uname -a" produces: > >FreeBSD xxx 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Thu Dec 7 18:01:01 PST >2000 root@xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > >My SMP file is GENERIC with the following additions: > >cpu I686_CPU >ident SMP >maxusers 256 >options VFS_AIO >options SMP >options APIC_IO > >Thank you for any help. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message