If machine is using tmpfs for /var/run lighttpd cannot properly start as FastCGI (and propably others) are trying to access subdirectory that does not exist. Please change /etc/init.d/lighttpd script to add something similar to: if [ ! -d "/var/run/lighttpd" ]; then mkdir "/var/run/lighttpd" chown lighttpd:lighttpd "/var/run/lighttpd" fi Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup /var/run on tmpfs and reboot, or remove /var/run/lighttpd/ 2. /etc/init.d/lighttpd start Actual Results: start-stop-daemon shows "[OK]" but actually lighttpd had died laving information about being unable to write /var/run/lighttpd/somepid.pid in error.log. Expected Results: lighttpd up and running Portage 2.1.10.44 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.14.1-r2, 3.1.5-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.1.5-gentoo-i686-VIA_Samuel_2-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.1.4-r3 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.7 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.14.1-r2 Repositories: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=c3 -m3dnow -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=c3 -m3dnow -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news nodoc noinfo noman parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="pl_PL.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="pl" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow acl berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri fortran gdbm glibc-omitfp gpm graphite hardened iconv idn ipv6 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre pppd readline session sqlite sqlite3 ssl sysfs tcpd unicode x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl" PHP_TARGETS="php5-4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Hi, does this patch work for you? Index: www-servers/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.initd =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/www-servers/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.initd,v retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -b -B -u -r1.20 lighttpd.initd --- www-servers/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.initd 1 Jan 2012 00:03:47 -0000 1.20 +++ www-servers/lighttpd/files/lighttpd.initd 7 Jan 2012 22:40:08 -0000 @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ start() { checkconfig || return 1 + checkpath -d -q -m 0750 -o lighttpd:lighttpd /var/run/lighttpd/ ebegin "Starting lighttpd" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/lighttpd \
Yup, lighttpd is working after reboot and logfiles are clean :)
Thanks. Fixed without revbump
