On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 16:33 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote:
> On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 13:02 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote:
> > > I have this in my syslog.conf :
> > >
> > > # Save boot messages also to boot.log
> > > local7.*
> >
> > Mine says:
> >
> > # Save boot messages also to boot.log
> > local7.* /var/log/boot.log
>
> Yes my cut&paste was a little lazy !
>
> >
> > >
> > > But did you check dmesg for kernel messages ?
> > >
> > > regards
> >
> >
> > dmesg only lists messages from prior to update too :-(.
>
> dmesg display the kernel internal buffer. It should be emptied when rebooting !
> It is impossible to see messages prior the last reboot !
>
> What about your other log file ?
> /var/log/messages is filled normaly ?
>
> >
> > Thanks for the reply
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > >
> > > On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have just updated from CentOS 4 to 5 and I am seeing a problem with
> > > > udev during booting, but I am unable to track it down as it looks like
> > > > the boot.log is not working. The file is there but empty and the
> > > > previous log only lists events up to the point at which I upgraded.
> > > >
> > > > syslog.conf looks ok to me in so much as there is an entry pointing
> > > > to /var/log/boot.log.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions as to what I should be looking at?
> > > >
> > > > Rob
Both dmesg and boot.log do not have any entries from before the update.
/var/log/messages appears to have normal entries ie from today but there
are no error messages.
I have checked syslog it is running
Rob
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