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From: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@virgilio.it>
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: syslog does not start
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 18:51:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200403041851.03011.fluca1978@virgilio.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.33.0403011827120.21790-200000@cupid.che.iitb.ac.in>

On Tuesday 02 March 2004 00:27 Upendra L. Gandhi's cat walking on the keyboard  
wrote:

 > I know ssh does not work in 2.6.3
>
>
> ~Upen
>
> > From: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@virgilio.it>
> > Reply-To: fluca1978REMOVE_THIS_STRING@virgilio.it
> > To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: syslog does not start
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm compiling the 2.6.3 kernel to run on my suse 8.2 laptop. A lot of
> > things start to work now, but I've got several services that does not
> > run, such as ssh, cups, etc. The problem is that syslog does not start
> > too. I believe that it could be a network problem, but it appears ok,
> > since the loopback interface is rightly configured. What can be the
> > problem?
> >
On Wednesday 03 March 2004 00:14 Jay Goodman's cat walking on the keyboard  
wrote:

> try starting syslog by hand in debugging mode
> and capture/tee
>
>
> /sbin/syslogd -d | tee syslog_debug.out
>
> (will pipe output to screen and the file syslog_debug.out)
>
Mabe I'm misuderstanding the file produced as syslog output, but it seems ok 
if I run it manually. So what can be that produces syslog to fail during 
startup? I've checked my startup scripts and simply invoke syslog without 
strange flags, so I'm quite confused.
Below there's the output of the debug mode :

Allocated parts table for 1024 file descriptors.
Starting.
Called init.
Called allocate_log, nlogs = -1.
cfline(kern.warn;*.err;authpriv.none     /dev/tty10)
symbolic name: warn ==> 4
symbolic name: kern ==> 0
symbolic name: err ==> 3
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: authpriv ==> 80
leading char in action: /
filename: /dev/tty10
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 0.
cfline(kern.warn;*.err;authpriv.none    |/dev/xconsole)
symbolic name: warn ==> 4
symbolic name: kern ==> 0
symbolic name: err ==> 3
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: authpriv ==> 80
leading char in action: |
filename: |/dev/xconsole
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 1.
cfline(*.emerg                           *)
symbolic name: emerg ==> 0
leading char in action: *
write-all
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 2.
cfline(mail.*                           -/var/log/mail)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/mail
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 3.
cfline(mail.info                        -/var/log/mail.info)
symbolic name: info ==> 6
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/mail.info
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 4.
cfline(mail.warn                        -/var/log/mail.warn)
symbolic name: warn ==> 4
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/mail.warn
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 5.
cfline(mail.err                  /var/log/mail.err)
symbolic name: err ==> 3
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/mail.err
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 6.
cfline(news.crit                        -/var/log/news/news.crit)
symbolic name: crit ==> 2
symbolic name: news ==> 56
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/news/news.crit
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 7.
cfline(news.err                 -/var/log/news/news.err)
symbolic name: err ==> 3
symbolic name: news ==> 56
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/news/news.err
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 8.
cfline(news.notice                      -/var/log/news/news.notice)
symbolic name: notice ==> 5
symbolic name: news ==> 56
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/news/news.notice
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 9.
cfline(*.=warn;*.=err                   -/var/log/warn)
symbolic name: warn ==> 4
symbolic name: err ==> 3
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/warn
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 10.
cfline(*.crit                            /var/log/warn)
symbolic name: crit ==> 2
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/warn
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 11.
cfline(*.*;mail.none;news.none          -/var/log/messages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: news ==> 56
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/messages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 12.
cfline(local0,local1.*                  -/var/log/localmessages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: local0 ==> 128
symbolic name: local1 ==> 136
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 13.
cfline(local2,local3.*                  -/var/log/localmessages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: local2 ==> 144
symbolic name: local3 ==> 152
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 14.
cfline(local4,local5.*                  -/var/log/localmessages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: local4 ==> 160
symbolic name: local5 ==> 168
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 15.
cfline(local6,local7.*                  -/var/log/localmessages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: local6 ==> 176
symbolic name: local7 ==> 184
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Opened UNIX socket `/dev/log'.
symbolic name: local3 ==> 152
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 14.
cfline(local4,local5.*                  -/var/log/localmessages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: local4 ==> 160
symbolic name: local5 ==> 168
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 15.
cfline(local6,local7.*                  -/var/log/localmessages)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: local6 ==> 176
symbolic name: local7 ==> 184
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/localmessages
Opened UNIX socket `/dev/log'.
 0: 1F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  X  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F 
TTY: /dev/tty10
 1: 1F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  X  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F 
PIPE: |/dev/xconsole
 2:  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 
WALL:
 3:  X  X FF  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/mail
 4:  X  X 7F  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/mail.info
 5:  X  X 1F  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/mail.warn
 6:  X  X  F  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/mail.err
 7:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  7  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/news/news.crit
 8:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  F  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/news/news.err
 9:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 3F  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/news/news.notice
10: 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 
FILE: /var/log/warn
11:  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7 
FILE: /var/log/warn
12: FF FF  X FF FF FF FF  X FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 
FILE: /var/log/messages
13:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X FF FF  X  X  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/localmessages
14:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X FF FF  X  X  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/localmessages
15:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X FF FF  X  X  X 
FILE: /var/log/localmessages
16:  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X FF FF  X 
FILE: /var/log/localmessages
logmsg: syslog.info<46>, flags 4, from linux, msg syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Called fprintlog, logging to FILE /var/log/messages
syslogd: restarted.
Debugging disabled, SIGUSR1 to turn on debugging.


Thanks,
Luca

-- 
Luca Ferrari,
fluca1978@virgilio.it
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       reply	other threads:[~2004-03-04 17:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <Pine.SOL.4.33.0403011827120.21790-200000@cupid.che.iitb.ac.in>
2004-03-04 17:51 ` Luca Ferrari [this message]
2004-03-04 20:29   ` syslog does not start terry white
2004-03-04 21:52     ` Glynn Clements
2004-03-04 21:58     ` Thomas Steudten
2004-03-14 11:23       ` Luca Ferrari
2004-03-17 19:41         ` Thomas Steudten
2004-03-01 12:58 Luca Ferrari
2004-03-01 17:09 ` terry white
2004-03-02  8:05   ` Luca Ferrari
2004-03-02 12:18     ` terry white
2004-03-02 23:14     ` Jay Goodman

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