From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 5:14: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 417B237B5A0 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 05:14:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA04354; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 22:13:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 22:13:37 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Guy Helmer Subject: Re: cron's complaint Message-ID: <20000404221334.A3352@welearn.com.au> References: <20000404180541.A3179@welearn.com.au> <87266.954844415@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <20000404213531.C3179@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <20000404213531.C3179@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 09:35:35PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 09:35:35PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 12:33:35PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Apr 2000 18:05:44 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > > > > > CRON in malloc(): warning: pointer to wrong page. > > > CRON in free(): warning: pointer to wrong page. > Meanwhile, I'd really like to know how to get cron working without > drowning me in hundreds of errors. I've rebooted since it started, and > the errors are still being churned out. It feels like something's been > changed permanently. I made some cosmetic edits to the active lines in /etc/crontab and cron stopped reporting those errors from that moment on. Later on, root dutifully sent me my StarTrek Night reminder email courtesy of cron, with no complaints. Probably all that was significant was that the file was changed and therefore re-read by cron. Might a corrupted crontab file in var cause this? Damn, I should have kept a copy. My personal crontab was mucking up too, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow before its jobs are due again. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message