Re: FreeBSD services startup problems

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On 12/26/12 15:33, Derrick Dantavious Edwards wrote:
> Hi, I am having problems with startup services in FreeBSD current.
> I am at a loss on where the problem lies. Even though I have
> services explicitly defined in rc.conf for startup they do not
> start. Startup scripts both in /etc/rc.d (powerd/moused) and
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d (dbus,hald, and gdm ) are experiencing this.
> Initially, I checked out my rc.conf file as well as the
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf because I continue to get this message.
> 
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $auditdistd_enable is not set properly - see 
> rc.conf(5).
> 
> This is weird because I don’t have this service defined in my
> rc.conf. I even went so far as commenting out all entries in
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf that related to auditdistd to verify that it
> was not the problem. This was done because I disabled the service
> in my /etc/rc.conf with no joy. I also checked the /etc/rc file
> against what is in /usr/src and they match up.

Quick fix:

rm /etc/defaults/rc.conf
mergemaster -Ui

The problem is that your /etc/defaults/rc.conf is inconsistent with
/etc/rc.d.  If you make any changes to /etc/defaults/rc.conf (which
you shouldn't), please migrate the change to /etc/rc.conf{.local} and
discard these changes.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij_at_delphij.net>    https://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!           Live free or die
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