Won't go into multi-user mode

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Christopher H. Laco" <claco at chrislaco.com> writes:

> 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.

Understood.  Nonetheless, this is not enough information from which to
diagnose the problem.