Won't go into multi-user mode

Christopher H. Laco claco at chrislaco.com
Mon Sep 5 09:01:29 PDT 2005


Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "Christopher H. Laco" <claco at chrislaco.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>I have a week old 5.4-STABLE install that absolutely refuses to boot
>>into multi-user mode after a restart. I get no errors in dmsg or in
>>/var/log/messages. It simply boots like normal, starts most things,
>>then stops at a bash prompt. Manually hitting CTRL-D fires off multi
>>user mode and everyone is happy.
>>
>>I've checked loader.conf and it's emtpy. I have no clue where to start
>>with this. Anyone have any idea where to start and troubleshoot this?
> 
> 
> FreeBSD doesn't even come with bash installed by default, so you need
> to look at your system's unique local configuration.  Single-user mode
> won't give you a shell directly -- it prompts you for what shell you
> want to run -- so it doesn't sound like that either.
> 
> Keep a closer eye on the console as you are booting, and post a more
> detailed description of what the system is telling you, and maybe
> we'll have a clearer idea of what to tell you.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> 

See: mysql-server.sh script from ports kills multi-user mode

It's the mysqlserver-start.sh script from mysql4 port thatis killing 
multi-user... I have no idea why.

Disableing that starting scripts solves the problem..which defeats it's 
purpose.
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