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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:19:08
Message-Id: 1415981937.2375.0@numa-be
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore by Alan McKinnon
1 On 11/13/2014 09:05:50 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 13/11/2014 18:41, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > after upgrading from syslog-ng-3.5.6 to syslog-ng-3.6.1 my system
6 > has
7 > > stopped logging, i.e. I only get the messages
8 > > Nov 12 21:04:10 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng shutting down;
9 > > version='3.6.1'
10 > > Nov 13 14:52:20 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng starting up;
11 > > version='3.6.1'
12 > >
13 > > Has anybody observed the same problem, and how to fix it?
14 > >
15 > > Many thanks for a hint,
16 > > Helmut
17 > >
18 > >
19 >
20 >
21 > Run a syntax check on the config file, I don't have a man page to
22 > hand
23 > but it's quite obvious what the option is.
24 > syslog-ng has sometimes been picky about version numbers in the past
25 > and
26 > it's tagged in the config file. Read the syntax check output
27 > carefully
28 > to see if anything is amiss.
29
30 Thanks, Alan.
31
32 The only unusual message is
33 Systemd is not detected as the running init system;
34
35 which is true since I still use openrc (but with systemd installed, as
36 well)
37 Could this be the culprit?
38
39 Helmut

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Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>