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On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 18:15, David Brownlee <[a...@absd.org](mailto:On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 18:15, David Brownlee <<a href=)> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 at 20:58, Niels Müller Larsen > <aros...@protonmail.com> wrote: >> >> Sent from Proton Mail for iOS >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 10:16, David Brownlee <a...@absd.org> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 at 13:11, Niels Müller Larsen >> <aros...@protonmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 12:55, Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: >> > >> > Niels Müller Larsen <aros...@protonmail.com> writes: >> > >> > > I have installed the above, and it runs nice and smooth in a node app >> > > for teaching. >> > > That is if I start mariadb from the CLI. >> > > >> > > If I try to put >> > > mariadb=YES >> > > into /etc/rc.conf and reboot, the xconsole says “mariadb started” but >> > > there is no trace of it, and I still have to start it manually. >> > > >> > > The log files give no clues. >> > >> > A guess is that something in the startup assumes that PATH has more in >> > it, than it does. You didn't say what "start from CLI" means. >> > >> > Set your PATH to just default, no pkgsrc, clean env and >> > >> > sh -x /etc/rc.d/mariadb start >> > >> > and read the output >> > >> > Thnx >> > >> > Start from CLI means >> > $ doas service mariadb start >> > >> > As for your suggestion I will try that >> >> >> You might also want to try starting from the command line but clearing >> the environment first: >> >> doas env -i /etc/rc.d/mariadb start >> >> Also check that the installed mariadb rc.d file matches the current shipped: >> >> diff /etc/rc.d/mariadb /usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d/mariadb >> >> (Running mariadb 11.4.5 on NetBSD-10.1/amd64 here, but as always: >> "works on my machine" is of limited help :) >> >> David >> >> Thanks. >> I can start it from the command line without any problem. >> The automatic start on boot should be enabled by putting ‘mariadb=YES’ into >> /etc/rc.conf, but it doesn’t. The mariadb file in /etc/rc.d is copied from >> the examples, so no diff. >> On xconsole it says that mariadb started, which indicates the things in >> rc.conf and rc.d are in place except it is not true. >> I find no log messages mentioning mariadb until I start it manually. >> I have also played with the order, so that the xconsole mentions mariadb >> last. Didn’t help. >> Very mysterious, and that bugs me. >> I can live with having to do the manual start, but it annoys me that I don’t >> know why. > > So just to confirm, running "env -i /etc/rc.d/mariadb start" as root > starts it just fine? > > Could you confirm if it works if you add the following to rc.d/mariadb > > start_cmd="mariadb_start" > mariadb_start() > { > echo "$command $rc_flags $command_args" > sh -c "$command $rc_flags $command_args" > } > > If it still fails on startup, then add "ktrace -id " to the start of > the "sh -c" line, and you should end up with a ktrace.out (probably in > /). This will be a record of all the syscalls made by the sh -c and > any processes it forks. You can view it with kdump, and if mariadb is > still running you can stop all recording into the file with ktrace -C > > (I notice you replied direct - I'm happy to have this email shared > on-list if you prefer) > > Thanks > > David sorry, I didn’t mean to exclude the list. I am teaching tomorrow, so I’ll get back to it on thursday. Interesting suggestions. /niels
