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

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 11/14/2014 06:46:28 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 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
>
Thanks, Alan.

[U] app-admin/syslog-ng
     Available versions:  3.4.7^t 3.4.8^t (~)3.5.6^t{tbz2}[1] 
(~)3.6.1^t{tbz2} {amqp caps dbi geoip ipv6 json mongodb pacct +pcre 
redis smtp spoof-source ssl systemd tcpd}
     Installed versions:  3.5.6^t{tbz2}[1](05:21:52 PM 11/14/2014)(ipv6 
json pcre ssl systemd tcpd -amqp -caps -dbi -geoip -mongodb -pacct -
smtp -spoof-source)
     Homepage:            http://www.balabit.com/network-security/
syslog-ng
     Description:         syslog replacement with advanced filtering 
features

And here are the config files (I've left out the commented lines)

================ /etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf =============================
@define scl-root "`syslog-ng-data`/include/scl"
@define include-path "`include-path`:`syslog-ng-data`/include"

@include 'scl/system/plugin.conf'
@include 'scl/pacct/plugin.conf'
@include 'scl/syslogconf/plugin.conf'

================ /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf =================
options { 
	threaded(yes);
	chain_hostnames(no); 
	stats_freq(43200); 

	mark_freq(3600); 
};

source src { system(); internal(); };

destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };
destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
log { source(src); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); destination(console_all); };


================ /etc/conf.d/syslog-ng =================
SYSLOG_NG_OPTS=""