Re: Sluggish system

2006-05-16 Thread Subhro
You can do a pkg_delete -a. This will delete all the packages. After that pkgdb -fF This will rebuild the package database. However I dont think this is necessary. then reinstall everything as required. Thanks and Best Regards Subhro On 5/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Qu

Re: Sluggish system

2006-05-16 Thread cknipe
Quoting Subhro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Why do you want to NOT reinstall the OS? Loads of data, loads of accounts / passwords, nothing wrong with the 'base' part of the OS... There's no need to really. My problems are generated from to many ports / inconsistencies in the ports, and so forth. So t

Sluggish system

2006-05-16 Thread cknipe
Hi, I've got a beasty box that has served its purpose for many years. Some files dates back to over 6 years ago when this old trusty and faithfull was pulled into service. Recently however, I've started to pick up rather strange problems with the system. Libraries installed from ports, startup