Re: can't find logged information

[Steve Newcomb <srn@coolheads.com>]

On 2/7/20 9:51 AM, Simon Wunderlich wrote:
> On Friday, February 7, 2020 3:13:47 PM CET Steve Newcomb wrote:
>> @rpc152:/tmp/log# echo "$(logread)" | grep batman
>> Thu Feb 6 15:21:13 2020 kern.warn kernel: [174193.938445] batman_adv:
>> [Deprecated]: batctl (pid 22747) Use of debugfs file "nc_nodes".
>> @rpc152:/tmp/log#
>>
>>
>> What have I missed?
> Hi Steve,
>
> you can use "batctl log" to retrieve the log. It will not appear in your
> logread.
Alas, that doesn't work either, and I don't know why:

root@rpc152:~# batctl log
Error - no valid command or debug table specified: log
Usage: batctl [options] command|debug table [parameters]
options:
         -h print this help (or 'batctl <command|debug table> -h' for 
the parameter help)
         -v print version

commands:
         meshif <netdev> aggregation|ag [0|1] display or modify 
aggregation setting
...
>
> When the problem happens, you can also check "iw wlan0 station dump" 
> and other
> debug files (batctl n for neighbors) to find out if the WiFi layer is 
> still
> working. It wouldn't be the first time that actually the WiFi chip or 
> driver
> has a problem, not batman-adv.
I've seen that "batctl n" works, and "iw mesh0 station dump" works, too.

I am arranging for the nodes to send me such mail when things have gone 
awry, but prior to rebooting.  I've written a tiny mail queueing system 
that optionally uses nonvolatile memory for the queue.