On 05/08/2013 01:45 AM, jinge wrote: > OS: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE > FATAL: kid4 registration timed out > Squid Cache (Version 3.3.4): Terminated abnormally. Does everything work if you remove cache_dir lines from squid.conf? If not, try OS configuration hints posted at http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/SmpScale#Troubleshooting The last one is especially relevant to FreeBSD even though you may not see the "message too long" error unless you enable higher level debugging. HTH, Alex.