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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:41:11 +0100
From:      <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>
To:        Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>
Cc:        "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Got past installworld, new problems however [WASRe: make installworld fails with mergemaster errors - 4.4Rel upgrade to 4.6 Stable]
Message-ID:  <1027507271.3d3e844795314@netmail.pipex.net>
In-Reply-To: <ZW933ZYG4W65A8BAZRQYTNJKHRP07.3d3e7e94@sparky>
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Hi Jud,
   Thanks for the information here.

I'll check those files as and when I get the chance.

The wrapper port *was* installed, and WORKING before I cvsup'd the system.

I'll check .xinitrc files in both root and any of the restored user accounts.

Stacey

Quoting Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>:

> 7/24/2002 4:06:16 AM, <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >Hello Brian,
> >     Thanks for the reply.
> >
> >As I'm actually still going through bringing the up to a "usable
> state", 
> the
> >disappeared user accounts are not too much of a problem at the 
> moment. Its the
> >lack of authentication for root login I'm really concerned with on this
> 
> point!
> >
> >I'll take a look at XFree86Config and check for anything untoward. I've
> 
> not used
> >ktrace, nor kdump before. Are they used in the same way as truss? 
> >
> >However, as I do intend on upgrading XFree86 to XFree86-4.2.1 
> today, would it be
> >more effective to re-install (remove > install latest version), or
> simply
> >upgrade the current version (via portupgrade)?
> >
> >ps waux - show process report, [-a: include all process with a tty 
> session] +
> >[-u:  report user ID for each process listed] + [-w: show wide output]
> >
> >So, seeing that apache is configured to start on bootup, I would have 
> expected
> >to see a process called httpd running with variou runtime options
> listed 
> in the
> >returned process table - which of course, I don't.
> >
> >I really am hoping that I could aviod having the reinstall FBSD again 
> here. This
> >install's taken well over two days of debugging already:-
> >
> >initial install took the default XFree86-3.3.6x (didn't want that)
> >The box hung at installation when I included gnome desktop (hence 
> only
> >XFree86-4.0.2 installed this time around)
> >
> >
> >Well., thanks again for taking the time, Brian. Hope that what I've 
> included
> >here lights a few bulbs in a few peoples' heads before too long.
> >
> >Stacey
> >
> >Quoting "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>:
> >
> >> On Wednesday 24 July 2002 03:40 am, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com 
> wrote:
> >> | Hi Doug,
> >> |    Thanks for getting back to me. I actually got around that
> problem
> >> in the
> >> | end.
> >> |
> >> | However upon completing the upgrade, I noticed a couple of things:
> >> |
> >> | 1] startx has stopped working (just XFree86-4.0.2 from the 4.4 CD 
> Set,
> >> no
> >> | gnome of kde installed as yet)
> >> 
> >> Hard to say.  Does /etc/X11/XFree86Config look like it always did?
> >> Might want to ktrace/kdump and see what it's really calling.
> >> 
> >> | typing "startx" for any user just sits there doing nothing (after 5
> >> mins or
> >> | so I killed it with cttrl c)
> >> |
> >> | 2] All user account except that for root disappeared.
> >> 
> >> Something went wrong with mergemaster.  Perhaps you installed 
> when you
> >> should 
> >> have merged.  (Or perhaps the problem is with the weird make stuff 
> you
> >> cite 
> >> below.  I don't believe that I ever did anything of the sort and
> things 
> >> worked ok for me.)
> >> 
> >> Regardless, the solution is simple:
> >> Restore your /etc/passwd /etc/master.passwd from backup.
> >> 
> >> | 3] During bootup apache failed with "unable to find my FQDN". 
> After
> >> login
> >> | (as root) "ps waux | grep httpd" returns nothing.
> >> 
> >> Sorry, that's Greek to me.
> >> 
> >> | 4] The box does not ask me to enter a password when logging in as 
> root
> >> on
> >> | the console
> >> 
> >> See [2] above.
> 
> Sounds like (after taking Brian's advice) you may want to do 
> /stand/sysinstall (as root) and choose the option to add users.  Check 
> the www group in /etc/groups after you do this to add anyone you want 
> to be able to use Apache.  Apache is looking for your "fully qualified 
> domain name" - I'd look in /etc/hosts to see if you need to add back 
> anything there that may have been lost in the upgrade.
> 
> Re startx, after you have a look at the X11 config and get your users 
> straightened out, you'll want to reinstall wrapper from X11 ports.  Oh, 
> and BTW, do you still have .xinitrc files in root and $HOME?
> 
> Jud
> 
> 
> 
> 




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