On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:36:21PM +0200, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I have just noticed that syslog-ng is (probably) not running > in any of my guests! When I enter guest and issue "ps -e", > I do not see syslog-ng running. The same with "vps" issued > in host, it shows only one syslog-ng, running on host. > So I entered guest, tried to start it manually, but I got > this message: > > web / # /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start > * WARNING: syslog-ng has already been started > > OK, so let's try to restart it (just to be sure): > web / # /etc/init.d/syslog-ng stop > * Stopping syslog-ng... [ ok ] > web / # /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start > * Starting syslog-ng... > * Failed to start syslog-ng [ !! ] > * ERROR: syslog-ng failed to start > > Of course, if there is no syslog, there are no new log > messages in guest. The last entry guest's /var/log/messages > (probably normal shutdown) is: > > Jun 3 17:55:54 web fcron[6345]: SIGTERM signal received > Jun 3 17:55:54 web fcron[6345]: Exiting with code 0 > Jun 3 17:55:55 web syslog-ng[6308]: Termination requested > via signal, terminating; > Jun 3 17:55:55 web syslog-ng[6308]: syslog-ng shutting down; > version='2.1.3' > > Since then, nothing more guets's messages. File is rotated, > but empty. Concerning host's /var/log/messages, I have found > only one strange entry: > > vxW: [xid #0] !!! limit: ffff8101373d2078[VM,9] = 33 on exit. that looks like a broken kernel, mabe the debian 2.6.26 one? if so, please upgrade to a working one first ... best, Herbert > I do not know what it means, and I'm not sure it has something > to do with syslog-ng not being started in any of my guests > (host and all guests are gentoo, stable and updated)... > > Jarry > > -- > _______________________________________________________________ > This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! > Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted. >