On Nov 11, 2007 9:32 AM, Robert Slade <centos at likley.co.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am still having problems with my desktop system. Having updated it > from 4 to 5, I now have problems with the logs. Neither boot.log nor > dmesg has any data post the update. syslog appears to be normal in that > it starts when it should but does not show any errors. It looks like > whatever is supposed to write to the logs during initial boot is not > doing so, but I am not sure where to look to see what is wrong. Look for some "*.rpmsave" files and specialy in /etc. Check the integrity of related packages: rpm -V sysklogd initscripts Regards > > The other problem I have may or may not be related it is not notifying > me when updates are available although Yum etc appear to be working > correctly. > > I have all the data backed up and I could do a fresh install, but I am > trying to avoid this as I would have to spend a lot of time reinstalling > software etc. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you