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On 16/09/2015 20:52, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> On 09/16/2015 06:55:00 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 16/09/2015 17:57, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>>> I have syslog-ng-3.7.1 installed here. |
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>>> Syslog-ng fails to start with the message: |
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>>> Failed to seek to the Cursor cursor='', error='Success (0)' |
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>>> |
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>>> Does anybody know what's happening? |
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>>> |
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>>> Many thanks for a hint, |
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>>> Helmut |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> It has something to do with systemd's log thingy. |
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>> |
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>> The error only appears in one place in the syslog-ng source, |
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>> in modules/systemd-journal/journal-reader.c: |
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>> static inline gboolean |
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>> __seek_to_saved_state(JournalReader *self) |
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>> { |
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>> JournalReaderState *state = |
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>> persist_state_map_entry(self->persist_state, self->persist_handle); |
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>> gint rc = journald_seek_cursor(self->journal, state->cursor); |
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>> persist_state_unmap_entry(self->persist_state, |
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>> self->persist_handle); |
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>> if (rc != 0) |
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>> { |
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>> msg_warning("Failed to seek to the cursor", |
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>> evt_tag_str("cursor", state->cursor), |
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>> evt_tag_errno("error", errno), |
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>> NULL); |
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>> return __seek_to_head(self); |
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>> } |
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>> journald_next(self->journal); |
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>> return TRUE; |
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>> } |
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>> First step would appear to be to check systemd's built-in log thingy |
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> |
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> Thanks Alan, |
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> |
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> but how to do that. I have systemd installed here but I haven't ever used it since I'm using openrc. |
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> So, what can I do? |
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Well you are one better than me. |
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I _don't_ have systemd installed here but I haven't ever used it since |
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I'm using openrc :-) |
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I haven't seen Canek for a few days, hopefully he'll drop by and help |
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you out - he's usually the one with the most useful systemd answers |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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