Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 23:13:10 -0500 From: Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: bad sysconfig affecting X and sendmail? Message-ID: <333C96D6.41C67EA6@rma.edu>
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> Hello again--
>
> After installing 2.2.1 and all my packages from scratch, AND getting user ppp running again :),(I destroyed 2.1.7 trying to upgrade) I have of course created some new problems. Maybe someone can see it in the dmesg output.
>
>
>
> Copyright (c) 1992-1996 FreeBSD Inc.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
>
> FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Mar 25 15:12:02 GMT 1997
> jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC
> CPU: Pentium (119.75-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x526 Stepping=6
> Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
> real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
> avail memory = 30261248 (29552K bytes)
> Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
> chip0 <Intel 82439> rev 1 on pci0:0
> chip1 <Intel 82371SB PCI-ISA bridge> rev 0 on pci0:7:0
> chip2 <Intel 82371SB IDE interface> rev 0 on pci0:7:1
> vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 67 int a irq ?? on pci0:9
> Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
> sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
> sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
> ed0: disabled, not probed.
> ed1: disabled, not probed
> fe0: disabled, not probed.
> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
> sio1: type 16550A
> sio2: disabled, not probed.
> sio3: disabled, not probed.
> lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
> lpt1 at 0x378-0x37f on isa
> lpt1 not probed due to I/O address conflict with lpt0 at 0x378
> mse0 not found at 0x23c
> psm0: disabled, not probed.
> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
> fdc0: NEC 72065B
> fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
> wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
> wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <WDC AC31600H>
> wd0: 1549MB (3173184 sectors), 3148 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
> wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa
> wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5502TA/0206>, removable, intr, iordis
> wcd0: 1033Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 255 volume levels, ejectable tray
> wcd0: 80mm data disc loaded, unlocked
> bt0: disabled, not probed.
> uha0: disabled, not probed.
> aha0: disabled, not probed.
> aic0: disabled, not probed.
> nca0: disabled, not probed.
> nca1: disabled, not probed.
> sea0: disabled, not probed.
> wt0: disabled, not probed.
> mcd0: disabled, not probed.
> matcdc0: disabled, not probed.
> scd0 not found at 0x230
> ie0: disabled, not probed.
> ep0: disabled, not probed.
> ex0: disabled, not probed.
> ix0: disabled, not probed.
> le0: disabled, not probed.
> lnc0: disabled, not probed.
> ze0: disabled, not probed.
> zp0 not found at 0x300
> npx0 on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> apm0: disabled, not probed.
> cmd XF86_S3 pid 174 tried to use non-present SYSVSHM
> ^^^^^^^
> The last line is something that pops up when I startx--if I can startx. Found a mail message in the archives that said to give this command as root:
>
> ifconfig lo0 up
>
> Then I can start X windows--otherwise it hangs and eventually gives me 'unixX11socket" error messages.
>
> There are some other problems, and I think they all have to do with /etc/sysconfig. To summarize:
>
> 1) The X server problems mentioned above.
> 2) Syslogd bombs on boot with "syslogd: can't bind to host--child pid 224 exite d with return code 1.
> 3) Sendmail (now disabled in sysconfig) hangs the boot process until I hit cont rol-c:
>
> > Mar 28 15:19:06 alwan sendmail[119]: My unqualified host name (alwan) unkn > own; sleeping for retry
>
> Looking through some log messages, I found many mail messages about the alias.db being out of date:
>
> >Mar 28 06:40:11 207 sendmail[109]: alias database /etc/aliases.db out of date
> >Mar 28 07:03:22 207 sendmail[297]: alias database /etc/aliases.db out of date
>
> I thought I might as well drop my sysconfig file in this message--the answer may be right here. I think these lines from /etc/hosts are relevant too, since I guess that the hostname assignment in sysconfig reads something from hosts. As you can see, I'm set up for dynamic IP address assignment. When I installed 2.1.1 via ftp, I think it set my hostname in sysconfig as 207.0.141.1, which is one of the DNS's of my ISP. In any case, the first boot gave me messages about being unable to find host--seemed to be expecting a network connection. Maybe what really messed things up was changing my hostname to alwan (email address=alwan@rma.edu).
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 10.0.0.1 alwan alwan
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
>
> # This is sysconfig - a file full of useful variables that you can set
> # to change the default startup behavior of your system.
> #
> # $Id: sysconfig,v 1.52.2.3 1997/01/09 02:42:45 alex Exp $
>
> ######################### Start Of Local Configuration Section ###########
>
> # Location of local startup directories.
> local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d"
>
> ######################### End Of Local Configuration Section #############
>
> ######################### Start Of Syscons Section #######################
>
> # Choose keyboard map from /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* or NO if default.
> keymap="NO"
>
> # Set keyboard rate to: slow, normal, fast or NO if default.
> keyrate="fast"
>
> # Change function keys default values (or no change if NO)
> # Syntax: "<funkey_number> <new_value> [<funkey_number> <new_value>]..."
> keychange="NO"
>
> # Desired cursor type {normal|blink|destructive}, NO if no change
> cursor="blink"
>
> # Choose screen map from /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/* (or NO for none)
> scrnmap="iso-8859-1_to_cp437"
>
> # Choose font 8x16 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
> font8x16="iso-8x16"
>
> # Choose font 8x14 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
> font8x14="iso-8x14"
>
> # Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
> font8x8="iso-8x8"
>
> # Set blank time (in seconds) or "off" to turn it off (or NO for default)
> blanktime="NO"
>
> # Set to screen saver desired: blank, green, snake, star (or NO for none)
> saver="star"
>
> # Set to
> # {microsoft|mousesystems|mmseries|logitech|busmouse|mouseman|ps/2|mmhittab}
> # to activate system mouse cursor support (or NO for none)
> # Use 'vidcontrol -m on' command to activate it on particular screen
> mousedtype="NO"
>
> ############## Next block activated only if mousedtype != NO ################
>
> # Set to your mouse port (required)
> # Use real device here, because /dev/mouse usually linked with /dev/sysmouse
> mousedport="/dev/cuaa0"
>
> # Moused options:
> # -s: 9600 baud mouse
> # -c: enable ChordMiddle
> # see moused usage info for complete options list
> mousedflags=""
>
> ######################### End of moused block ##############################
>
> # General Russian setup for example:
> # (koi8-r keyboard with cp866 screen font mapped to koi8-r)
> #
> # keymap=ru.koi8-r
> # keyrate=fast
> # keychange="61 [K"
> # cursor=destructive
> # scrnmap=koi8-r2cp866
> # font8x16=cp866b-8x16
> # font8x14=cp866-8x14
> # font8x8=cp866-8x8
> # blanktime=600
> # saver=snake
> # mousedtype=mousesystems
> # mousedport=/dev/cuaa0
> # mousedflags=""
>
> ######################### End Of Syscons Section #######################
>
> ######################### Start Of Netconfig Section #######################
>
> # Set to the name of your host - this is pretty important!
> hostname=alwan
>
> # Set to the NIS domainname of your host, or NO if none
> defaultdomainname="NO"
>
> #
> # Some broken implementations can't handle the RFC 1323 and RFC 1644
> # TCP options. If TCP connections randomly hang, try disabling this,
> # and bug the vendor of the losing equipment.
> #
> tcp_extensions="YES"
>
> # If you're running PCNFSD or anything else which requires mountd to allow
> # non-root requests for NFS mounts, set this to YES.
> weak_mountd_authentication="NO"
>
> #
> # Set to the list of network devices on this host. You must have an
> # ifconfig_${network_interface} line for each interface listed here.
> # Extra addresses may be specified with sequentual _alias<N> lines. IPX
> # addresses may be specified with an ifconfig_${network_interface}_ipx
> # line.
> #
> # for example:
> #
> # network_interfaces="ed0 sl0 lo0"
> #
> # ifconfig_ed0="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00"
> # ifconfig_sl0="inet 10.0.1.0 netmask 0xffffff00"
> # ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
> # ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet 10.0.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00"
> # ifconfig_ed0_alias1="inet 10.0.2.2 netmask 0xffffffff"
> # ifconfig_ed0_ipx="ipx 0x1234"
> #
> # Alternatively, /etc/start_if.${network_interface} is run if it exists.
> # This script can be used as an alternative to the ifconfig_<xxx> lines.
> #
> # network_interfaces="ppp0 lo0"
> # ifconfig_ppp0="inet netmask 255.255.255.0"
> # ifconfig_ppp0="inet netmask 255.255.255.0"
>
> # ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
>
> #
> # Set to the list of route add lines for this host. You must have a
> # route_${static_routes} line for each static route listed here (unless
> # static_routes is set to "" - do NOT use ``NO'' to denote a lack of static
> # routes!).
> #
> #static_routes="foo multicast"
> #route_foo="woofo woofo-gw"
> #route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface 10.0.0.1"
> static_routes=""
>
> # Set to the host you'd like set as your default router, or NO for none.
> # This is the same as adding a ``default'' entry to static_routes.
> defaultrouter="NO"
>
> # This is the routing daemon you want to use. Possible options are
> # currently NO (for none), `routed' and `gated'. Also see `routerflags'
> # for startup flags.
> router="NO"
>
> # These are the flags you'd like to start the routing daemon with
> routerflags=""
>
> # mrouted flags, or NO if you don't want to start mrouted. Needs kernel
> # options enabled before it will work.
> mrouted="NO"
>
> # YES will switch routing on in the kernel. You need to switch this on
> # if this machine has to act as a IPX router. You need to build a
> # kernel with IPX support for this to work.
> ipxgateway="NO"
>
> # IPXrouted flags. NO if you don't want to start it. Do "man IPXrouted"
> # to get more information on the flags.
> ipxrouted="NO"
>
> # timed flags, or NO if you don't want to start the time daemon
> timedflags="NO"
>
> # xntpd flags, or NO if you don't want to start the xntpd daemon
> xntpdflags="NO"
>
> # this is inoperative unless xntpd is enabled; NO to disable
> tickadjflags="-Aq"
>
> # Set to the site you'd like to synchronize your clock from (gatekeeper.dec.com,
> # for example) or NO for no such site.
> ntpdate="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if you want to run rwhod
> rwhod="NO"
>
> # Set to NO if don't want to run lpd
> lpd="YES"
>
> # Default sendmail flags. -bd is pretty mandatory, -q<n>m sets the queue scan
> # time in minutes. If set to NO, don't start sendmail at all.
> sendmail_flags="NO"
>
> # Set to appropriate flags if you want to use AMD. The commented-out entry
> # provides a reasonable default, using the sample amd.map config file from the
> # /usr/src/etc directory.
> amdflags="NO"
> #amdflags="-a /net -c 1800 -k i386 -d my.domain -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map"
>
> # Set to YES if this machine will be an NFS client
> nfs_client="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if this machine will be an NFS server
> nfs_server="NO"
>
> # Set to appropriate flags if you want to start NIS for a client
> nis_clientflags="NO"
>
> # Name of host to ypset to, if no YP server on this wire
> nis_ypsetflags="NO"
>
> # Set to appropriate flags if you want to start NIS for a server
> nis_serverflags="NO"
>
> # Set to appropriate flags for rpc.ypxfrd. This should only be
> # run on NIS master servers.
> ypxfrdflags="NO"
>
> # Set to appropriate flags for rpc.yppasswdd. This should only be
> # run on NIS master servers.
> # Typical flags might be "-t /var/yp/master.passwd -s -f"
> yppasswddflags="NO"
>
> # Set to appropriate flags for named, if you have a full-time
> # connection to the Internet.
> # For most hosts, flags should be "-b /etc/namedb/named.boot"
> namedflags="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if you want to run the X-10 power controller daemon
> xtend="NO"
>
> # Set to the name of the device for kernel crashdumps, or `off' to
> # disable any statically configured dumpdev, or NO for no change.
> # The device should normally be one of the swap devices specified
> # in /etc/fstab.
> dumpdev="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if you want kernel crashdumps to be saved for debugging
> savecore="NO"
>
> # Set to an additional swapfile you'd like to have added to preallocated swap
> # space during system boot (or NO for none).
> swapfile="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if you want to run Kerberos authentication
> kerberos_server="NO"
>
> # If you want this host to be a gateway, set to YES.
> gateway="NO"
>
> # If you want this host to be a firewall or otherwise filter IP, set to YES.
> firewall="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if you wish to check quotas.
> check_quotas="NO"
>
> # Set to YES to turn on accounting.
> accounting="NO"
>
> ######################### End Of Netconfig Section #######################
>
> ######################### Start Of PC-card Section #######################
>
> # If you want to enable APM BIOS driver, set to YES
> # (The APM BIOS driver is not configured into GENERIC kernel b/c of bugs)
> apm_enable="NO"
>
> # If you want to use PC-card package, set to YES
> # (PC-card support is not configured in the GENERIC kernel)
> pccard_enable="NO"
>
> # If you want to specify the address of memory used by PCIC,
> # set this address (DEFAULT=0xd0000)
> pccard_mem="DEFAULT"
>
> # If you want to use Etnerent PCMCIA cards, specify the ifconfig portion
> # here. (card-specific flags like connector selection should be written in
> # the card-specific entry in /etc/pccard.conf). Set to DHCP if you want to
> # use a DHCP server to determine your IP address (not implemented).
> #
> # Set to NO if you don't want to configure your PC-CARD ethernet controller.
> #
> # for example:
> #
> # pccard_ifconfig="131.113.32.126 netmask 0xffffff00"
> # or
> # pccard_ifconfig="DHCP"
> #
> pccard_ifconfig="NO"
>
> ######################### End Of PC-card Section #######################
>
> ######################### Start Of Misc Section #######################
>
> # Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup
> ibcs2="NO"
>
> # Set to YES if you want Linux a.out emulation loaded at startup
> linux="NO"
>
> # Set to a string representing the interrupts you are going to use
> # for generating entropy in the kernel (or NO to ignore).
> # If the machine is networked, the Ethernet card IRQ is good.
> # The IRQ on an intelligent hard disk controller is good.
> # The IRQ's on most sound devices are good.
> #
> # The following choices are BAD:
> # The IRQ's on COM-ports (SIO devices), the IRQ used by a "classic"
> # IDE disk or cdrom (Intelligent controllers seem to be OK), and
> # the IRQ on the system clock.
> #
> # Experiment with the rest. The best interrupts are the ones that
> # happen fairly irregularly, and never occur in very high-speed bursts.
> #
> # You'll have it right when you have a good supply of numbers from
> # /dev/random, and no problems on your system, like slowdowns,
> # Sluggish net/disk activity, perhaps even errors.
>
> # For example - if you have a sound blaster on IRQ5, an ethernet card
> # on IRQ10 and a SCSI controller on IRQ11 (eg ADAPTEC 1542) you might
> # try this:
> #
> # rand_irqs="-s 5 -s 10 -s 11"
>
> rand_irqs="NO"
>
>
> Any of you folks know how to fix these problems?
>
> Always grateful,
>
> Michael Alwan
>
Sorry about the quotes--limitation of Communicator 4.0b2.
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