From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Apr 20 14:50:20 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6376DD48377 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x232.google.com (mail-io0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 300B21517 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x232.google.com with SMTP id a103so74234922ioj.1 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:50:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0mFaK9y3nyhmxScXbpZEwPqHM3BjezHawaXCAGK11J8=; b=YffhM14zYIRZ6b+SsBZy9l37WuoETmfSwSm0rNmUGnnvMgT2QwzLwh3pNoeEYkx0ci Sfu7X0iHmPS9/OwA5pTTf1h1Z9VFJV4XhrOptSUrEXhONsAWssZfh4meh/RIMIoJjpTR eSYSBe4JOrmqFhEw7yMBrcylE+8nucpqE2CkDmQ0sWiPT+RUbMYpp5YrXQCaGgW1BiFk X0pc0VI+6OSv+kLn9XJaI/nuWcMG53Vtm32J6+ORwx8IOJQ7yXvLwJASdqid4+K8PIZe +FS2JRTvHUs/eDF4LAHc52LYDdXZXHkqRaJeQvAtO9QWsbHkgCEQ3D53bXcjVyZug5+3 5ltw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0mFaK9y3nyhmxScXbpZEwPqHM3BjezHawaXCAGK11J8=; b=SgSQdMGiGN/S3jwRWgTS43IPgy3d0Azj691QPhvAYMpTgq0TXnfrsoSHBxVjENGf0c vw4zjpUthbOJrdXUCHrzNUwl9DTmy30ezmca4mQqUQqRp6uU8HjgWoZ2tONOWDJRPN1n jO6mxffZd+5iLFqqy6zJnLDN4F2EBn1IIwO+vVKK3zueJJrzAzwoOQn/3Rij+Tkvgp6f 3IDdgkU8fLI42GBEKwjPuLCZOTxg1rNW/LCG5aXseetwwaqyX3rfiZft0g4VUH75FwVG PJmKEfDJ0T51JutubBTAwcASCnEdmVNTo13xZNqYDeF68IEPG1m+5Elc0RVfWLl1Mn1X VMhw== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/5nTfSDzPIV3u/uiQSL+VnXII2fl1DNYnhMw6VNpb6D5Hh/LZEx rKgbg1QfqJarhMDg X-Received: by 10.36.65.68 with SMTP id x65mr4245615ita.117.1492699815403; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.3] (cpe-74-141-88-57.neo.res.rr.com. [74.141.88.57]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id f196sm1231873itc.2.2017.04.20.07.50.14 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <58F8CAB1.4070707@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:50:25 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manish Jain CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Saver not running References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:50:20 -0000 Manish Jain wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing a strange problem under my FreeBSD 12-CURRENT installation atop cloned/migrated ZFS. Beastie is not running : I do not remember Beastie having run even once since ZFS migration a week back (100% sure) and quite possibly, ever since the original installation was made a month back on a UFS slice (99% sure). > > Beastie is enabled in rc.conf as well as kldloaded : > > /home/unix # cat /etc/rc.conf | egrep '(beastie|saver)' > saver="beastie" > > /home/unix # kldstat | egrep '(beastie|saver)' > 16 1 0xffffffff828fa000 2fd5 beastie_saver.ko > > But the saviour does not run, even when the console is inactive for hours. /var/log/messages does not indicate any problem. > > This is as much a piquant problem as a personal tragedy. Over the last month, I have seen and felt increasing dissociation/disenchantment in my cat. Tinkerbell, who used to purr and curdle up next to me so much, has now started keeping away, sometimes even glaring in disgust at me. She does not even consume her dose of catnip. > > I request advice on how to fix things. I also request a word of consolation for my cat. > > Thank you. > Manish Jain > If I remember correctly, the saver function is one of the functions in-operative in host console vt mode which is the default. Try adding this statement kern.vty=sc to /boot/loader.conf file and reboot the system.