NO bootlog messages

cccc · 08-02-2009, 08:48 PM

hi

I've enabled in /etc/default/bootlogd => BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes,
but after Retsrat NO bootlog file /var/log/boot

jdkaye · 08-03-2009, 03:13 AM

Have you checked to see if your bootlogd is running?
Also make sure you have the file /sbin/bootlogd
If you don't have that file then you need to install the sysvinit package.
cheers,
jdk

cccc · 08-03-2009, 09:16 AM

Code:

# whereis bootlogd
bootlogd: /sbin/bootlogd /usr/share/man/man8/bootlogd.8.gz

I cannot understand, if I enable bootlogd why it doesn't create /var/log/boot file?

catkin · 08-03-2009, 09:31 AM

Hello cccc

I'm talking ubuntu; translate as necessary into Lenny.

The /etc/rc[2-5].d/S99bootlogd links are to stop bootlogd at the end of the boot process. bootlogd is started by /etc/rcS.d/S<small number>bootlogd.

Code:

c@CW8:~$ \ls -l /etc/rc*.d/S*bootlogd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2009-07-18 20:42 /etc/rc2.d/S99stop-bootlogd -> ../init.d/stop-bootlogd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2009-07-18 20:42 /etc/rc3.d/S99stop-bootlogd -> ../init.d/stop-bootlogd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2009-07-18 23:18 /etc/rc4.d/S99stop-bootlogd -> ../init.d/stop-bootlogd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2009-07-18 20:42 /etc/rc5.d/S99stop-bootlogd -> ../init.d/stop-bootlogd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2009-07-18 20:42 /etc/rcS.d/S01bootlogd -> ../init.d/bootlogd

Best

Charles

repo · 08-03-2009, 10:41 AM

Did you set enable to YES in
/etc/default/bootlogd

Quote:

# Run bootlogd at startup ?
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes

cccc · 08-03-2009, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Did you set enable to YES in
/etc/default/bootlogd

Yep, pls see my first posting.

catkin · 08-03-2009, 12:22 PM

Hello cccc

You could try running, as root

Code:

/etc/init.d/bootlogd start
sleep 2
ps -ef | grep bootlogd

to see what happens and post the results back.

Best

Charles

cccc · 08-03-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin

Hello cccc

You could try running, as root

Code:

/etc/init.d/bootlogd start
sleep 2
ps -ef | grep bootlogd

to see what happens and post the results back.

Best

Charles

Cannot understand, from command line, put in a script?

unSpawn · 08-03-2009, 06:38 PM

On the commandline just run '/etc/init.d/bootlogd start; sleep 2; pgrep -l bootlogd'. The long listing ("-l") should show the commandline bootlogd is started with plus the process Id.

cccc · 08-04-2009, 07:26 AM

I've reinstalled sysvinit, but it doesn't help.

catkin · 08-04-2009, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cccc

Cannot understand, from command line, put in a script?

Same, same.

catkin · 08-09-2009, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cccc

I've reinstalled sysvinit and now it seems to work.

Great

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