On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 16:33 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote: > On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos at likley.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 13:02 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote: > > > I have this in my syslog.conf : > > > > > > # Save boot messages also to boot.log > > > local7.* > > > > Mine says: > > > > # Save boot messages also to boot.log > > local7.* /var/log/boot.log > > Yes my cut&paste was a little lazy ! > > > > > > > > > But did you check dmesg for kernel messages ? > > > > > > regards > > > > > > dmesg only lists messages from prior to update too :-(. > > dmesg display the kernel internal buffer. It should be emptied when rebooting ! > It is impossible to see messages prior the last reboot ! > > What about your other log file ? > /var/log/messages is filled normaly ? > > > > > Thanks for the reply > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos at likley.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have just updated from CentOS 4 to 5 and I am seeing a problem with > > > > udev during booting, but I am unable to track it down as it looks like > > > > the boot.log is not working. The file is there but empty and the > > > > previous log only lists events up to the point at which I upgraded. > > > > > > > > syslog.conf looks ok to me in so much as there is an entry pointing > > > > to /var/log/boot.log. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions as to what I should be looking at? > > > > > > > > Rob Both dmesg and boot.log do not have any entries from before the update. /var/log/messages appears to have normal entries ie from today but there are no error messages. I have checked syslog it is running Rob