From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 20:17:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592B416A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:17:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.5.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DE9843D3F for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:17:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecarmody@optonline.net) Received: from edsdell8200 (ool-4354dcdf.dyn.optonline.net [67.84.220.223]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I8700CE0SDPA6@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:17:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:17:48 -0500 From: Edward Carmody To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <00da01c4da3e$53392ce0$0b32050a@edsdell8200> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Subject: Can't boot normally - syslog? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:17:50 -0000 Hi, Running a 5.2.1-Current box. After we suffered a power outage, and the UPS went offline, the FBSD shut down ugly. I get the usual messages scrolling by when I try to boot, but as soon as the drive gets mounted, I see nothing but zillions of scrolling messages without newlines: ========================================= logmsg: pri 166, flags 17, from oberon,g ========================================= over and over again. I've let this run like this for an hour, and it shows no indication of stopping. :( I've booted into single-user mode, ran fsck, let it fix some inconsistencies it found, but when I try to reboot normally, I still get the same logmsgs over and over again. Looks like syslog is looping, but I've no idea how to start fixing this. Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Ed Carmody