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@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Reply-To: fluca1978REMOVE_THIS_STRING@xxxxxxxxxxx > > To: linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx - : 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
