On November 1, 2025 2:41:32 PM UTC, "H. Hartzer" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sat Nov 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM UTC, Andrew Kloet wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've never created a port before this but I believe I've created a proper >> port for monero >> (https://github.com/monero-project/monero/). >> I say believe because while it's working for me, I've not yet tested it on a >> completely fresh install of OpenBSD. Every OpenBSD computer I have has some >> software installed so it's possible I may have made some mistakes with >> omitting or including extraneous dependencies. Nonetheless it has worked to >> compile Monero. I will attach the port as it is so far for feedback. >> >> Also, I want to know what the standard is for creating service files. The >> Monero project themselves do not package for OpenBSD so they don't provide >> any rc script. In that case is it standard to omit providing one at all? Or >> should a default one be written? >> >> Regards, >> Andrew Kloet > >Hi Andrew, > >I appreciate that there is so much interest in porting Monero to >OpenBSD. I have also been interested in this, and am not the first. >Unfortunately, you have probably duplicated some prior work on this. > >https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&w=2&r=1&s=monero&q=b > >I have been testing Lucas Gabriel Vuot's port updated to the latest >version. His port includes an RC script and a new user specific to >Monero. > >The port will require a notice that you'll need 300GB+ on whatever >partition this is mounted to. I guess 100GB+ might be okay with pruning >enabled. > >Have you run the daemon with much success? > >When stopping the daemon, the whole system hangs for about 30-60 seonds. > >If you don't limit the number of peers, you'll get frequent core dumps. > >I've been using flags like this. --p2p-use-ipv6 doesn't do anything >without manually adding IPv6 peers. > >monerod_flags=--no-zmq --no-igd --db-sync-mode=fast:async:10000 --p2p-use-ipv6 >--non-interactive --in-peers=20 --out-peers=20 > >If your --db-sync-mode isn't right, the system will stall (and still >kind of stalls) while syncing the blockchain. > >But with a fast DB mode, if the system crashes, LMDB gets corrupt and >you have to start over. The "fix corruption" flag did not work for me. > >And even with a synced blockchain, the Monero node, even without mining, >will crash 7.8. Not 7.7. This takes maybe 12-36 hours. > >So this port, unless you've addressed these things, probably isn't ready >for prime time. Or maybe you've had more luck than I have had? > >-Henrich > >PS: Here's a relevant thread on Monero's Github: >https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/7027 > >I think some of these bugs are OpenBSD bugs and some may be specific to >Monero. Monero brings out the worst in OpenBSD's kernel!
Hi Henrich, The daemon does run but it does encounter the problem you're describing. I couldn't use it properly until I set --db-sync-mode fast. I've not had any problems with it crashing yet, I got it completely synced up fine without crash but I've yet to have it run for 36+ hours synced. I also haven't experienced any issues with stopping it since having changed the --db-sync-mode. The worst behaviour I saw was after finishing sync and before changing db-sync: it would render my system completely unresponsive and I could only stop it by restarting the computer. I see your point. Maybe not ready for a port just yet. Andrew
