on "3-2-2004" "Luca Ferrari" writ: : syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off ... ciao: i get "syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off" when i run 'chkconfig --list syslog'. : but at the boot syslog says it cannot start. it looks like you're booting into "X", and logging doesn't start until you hit runlevel '5' where 'X' lives. i would suggest you try: "chkconfig --level 234 syslog on" then: "telinit 1" on RH, it offers two options. the first is for system maintenance, and the second is 'normal startup'. use the latter (^D) and see what happens ... -- ... i'm a man, but i can change, if i have to , i guess ... - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html