Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng-3.6.1 nearly no log anymore

[Alan McKinnon]

On 14/11/2014 18:18, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 11/13/2014 09:05:50 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 13/11/2014 18:41, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> after upgrading from syslog-ng-3.5.6  to syslog-ng-3.6.1 my system
>> has
>>> stopped logging, i.e. I only get the messages
>>> Nov 12 21:04:10 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng shutting down;
>>> version='3.6.1'
>>> Nov 13 14:52:20 numa syslog-ng[1392]: syslog-ng starting up;
>>> version='3.6.1'
>>>
>>> Has anybody observed the same problem, and how to fix it?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for a hint,
>>> Helmut
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Run a syntax check on the config file, I don't have a man page to
>> hand
>> but it's quite obvious what the option is.
>> syslog-ng has sometimes been picky about version numbers in the past
>> and
>> it's tagged in the config file. Read the syntax check output
>> carefully
>> to see if anything is amiss.
>
> Thanks, Alan.
>
> The only unusual message is
> Systemd is not detected as the running init system;
>
> which is true since I still use openrc (but with systemd installed, as
> well)
> Could this be the culprit?


I doubt it, I also use 3.6.1 without systemd.

Please post eix syslog-ng so we can see how your USE is set up, and your
syslog-ng.conf


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Alan McKinnon
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