[syslog-ng]Linux boxes periodically stop logging?

[Brian E. Seppanen]

I just fought this issue.

If you are running klogd and have syslog-ng configured  to likewise log
kernel messages (ie.: source kernel_file { file("/proc/kmsg"); };) its
most likely hanging upon a read of /proc/kmesg file descriptor.

Search the archives a week or two ago, and look for my posts.  I document
in gory detail what I saw.  If you see the same thing, well, then you'll
hopefully be able to resolve the issue quickly.



On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, James Snow wrote:

> I apologize for the lack of technical detail in this post, but, for the
> moment I'm just trying to ascertain if I or my syslog-ng config are on
> drugs.
>
> Basically, I have a mixed array of Linux (RedHat 6.2 & 7) and FreeBSD
> (4.2-S) machines on which I'm running syslog-ng and logging to a central
> host. (FreeBSD 4.2-S)
>
> The problem is that the Linux boxes periodically stop logging. If I send
> the daemon a HUP, it comes back to life and data starts flowing again,
> but any log messages that would have appeared while the daemon was hosed
> are gone.
>
> Has anyone experienced anything like this before?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Snow
>
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Brian Seppanen
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