[syslog-ng] syslog-ng no longer receiving kernel messages

10 Dec 2021

      Hi folks.

I am having a problem that syslog-ng no longer gets any kernel
messages.  It seems to get other messages, but not kernel messages.

Here is what happened.

In an update from kernel 5.10.70 to 5.10.82, I  enabled the kernel
race condition sanitizer.  I looked at its output and decided that it
would not do me any good, so I took that out and recompiled the
kernel.  However after rebooting the system, syslog-ng only gives me a
few messages from when the kernel sanitizer was active in my
/var/log/messages and the same for /var/log/kernel.

I am using systemd, so I have the jernal and it is OK, all messages
are posted correctly there.

Here is my /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf .

@version: 3.34
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.4/syslog-ng.conf.gentoo,v 1.2 2013/06/02 01:18:35 mr_bones_ Exp $
#
# Syslog-ng default configuration file for Gentoo Linux

# https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426814
@include "scl.conf"

options { dir_perm(0755); perm(0644); chain_hostnames(no);
     threaded(yes);
     chain_hostnames(no);

     # The default action of syslog-ng is to log a STATS line
     # to the file every 10 minutes.  That's pretty ugly after a while.
     # Change it to every 12 hours so you get a nice daily update of
     # how many messages syslog-ng missed (0).
     stats_freq(43200);
     # The default action of syslog-ng is to log a MARK line
     # to the file every 20 minutes.  That's seems high for most
     # people so turn it down to once an hour.  Set it to zero
     # if you don't want the functionality at all.
     mark_freq(0);
          keep_hostname(yes); };

source local {
system() ; internal();
};
# *.emerg *

filter f_9 {
	level(emerg);
};

destination d_6 { 
	usertty("*");
};

log { source(local); filter(f_9); destination(d_6); };

# kern.=debug						/var/log/kernel

filter f_1 {
	facility(kern) and level(debug..emerg);
};

destination d_1 { 
	file("/var/log/kernel" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_1); destination(d_1); };

# kern.err							/dev/console

filter f_2 {
	facility(kern) and level(err..emerg);
};

destination d_2 { 
	file("/dev/console" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_2); destination(d_2); };

# *.debug;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none	   /var/log/messages

filter f_3 {
	level(debug..emerg);
};

filter f_4 {
	not facility(mail);
};

filter f_5 {
	not facility(news);
};

filter f_6 {
	not facility(authpriv);
};

destination d_3 { 
	 file("/var/log/messages"  create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_3); filter(f_4); filter(f_5); filter(f_6); destination(d_3); flags(final flow-control); };

# authpriv.*	/var/log/secure

filter f_7 {
	facility(authpriv) and level(debug..emerg);
};

destination d_4 { 
	file("/var/log/secure" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_7); destination(d_4); };

# mail.*	/var/log/maillog

filter f_8 {
	facility(mail) and level(debug..emerg);
};

destination d_5 { 
	file("/var/log/maillog" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_8); destination(d_5); };

# news.=crit	 /var/log/news/news.crit

filter f_10 {
	facility(news) and level(crit..emerg);
};

destination d_7 { 
	file("/var/log/news/news.crit" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_10); destination(d_7); };

# news.=err		 /var/log/news/news.err

filter f_11 {
	facility(news) and level(err..emerg);
};

destination d_8 { 
	file("/var/log/news/news.err" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_11); destination(d_8); };

# news.notice	 /var/log/news/news.notice

filter f_12 {
	facility(news) and level(notice..emerg);
};

destination d_9 { 
	file("/var/log/news/news.notice" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_12); destination(d_9); };

# local7.*	  /var/log/boot.log

filter f_13 {
	facility(local7) and level(debug..emerg);
};

destination d_10 { 
	file("/var/log/boot.log" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_13); destination(d_10); };

# local0.*     /var/log/dhcpcd.log

filter f_14 {
	facility(local0) and level(debug..emerg);
};

So, what have I been doing wrong, or is it something else?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

destination d_11 { 
	file("/var/log/dhcpcd.log" create_dirs(yes));
};

log { source(local); filter(f_14); destination(d_11); };

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