Category Archives: openbsd

OpenBSD, postgresql and semaphore failures during initdb

Today I upgraded my postgresql database instance on OpenBSD. Did a pg_dumpall, removed the old packages and then added the new ones (latest version 8.1.9 for OpenBSD 4.0 – yes I’m behind). During the initialisation of the new DB, I got the following error: creating directory /var/postgresql/data/pg_tblspc … ok selecting default max_connections … 10 selecting …

April 22, 2008 – 01:54 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd, unix | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

OpenBSD – Akismet key could not be verified

If you are using OpenBSD to host your wordpress installation, and using the Akismet plug-in to block spam, you may come across set-up problems with Akismet. The errors that can occur could be either or both of these: There was a problem connecting to the Akismet server The key you entered could not be verified …

February 26, 2008 – 01:37 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd, webdev | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (7)

OpenBSD 4.2 released

The official OpenBSD announcement states: We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.2. We remain proud of OpenBSD’s record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install. We dedicate this release to the memory of long-time developer Jun-ichiro “itojun” Itoh Hagino, who focused his life on …

November 2, 2007 – 12:38 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Power issues – OpenBSD failover?

Having had aircon installed today, my headless web server did not recover from the scheduled power outage. It was stuck in a stupid “Press F1 to Boot” screen, and as such Tech Debug was down for the majority of the day. Now I have it all back online it is time to consider two things: …

October 23, 2007 – 00:43 | By lantrix | Posted in openbsd | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)