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Date:      Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:27:25 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Albert Everett, Web International Inc." <aeverett@webintl.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: schg'd file that won't let go...
Message-ID:  <14997.41053.872992.933129@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <l03130302b6bb4696b71b@[209.248.144.126]>
References:  <l03130302b6bb4696b71b@[209.248.144.126]>

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Albert Everett, Web International Inc. <aeverett@webintl.com> types:
> I'm tracking 4.2-stable on a Dell 450MHz PC.
> 
> I've never been able to get X to start up on this machine, getting a
> KDENABIO error (or something close to it - I'm typing from memory).
> 
> Anyway, I tried to make/install XFree86-4 from ports last night. Now X
> still doesn't work and also my installworlds have started breaking.
> 
> make installworld (in single user mode) breaks when trying to install a new
> version of /usr/lib/libscrypt.so.2 from /usr/src. I've tried deleting,
> moving etc but can't. This file will not even yield to chflags. Everything
> I try gets "operation not permitted." Same logged in as root or in
> single-user.
> 
> Right now the only option I see to get things back on track with this
> server is to start over from the 4.2 cd and forget about X.
> 
> Actually, while I'm irritated about it, I might as well point out that on
> every machine I've installed FreeBSD on, I've never had an easy time
> getting X to work. But I really like cvsup and the ports, so I continue
> with it.
> 
> Any advice out there?

Yes. Read the init man page about kernel security levels, and
/etc/defaults/rc.conf about how it's set by default.  Fix your config
to get a lower security level, then reboot.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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