Robert Slade wrote: > On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 16:57 +0000, Robert Slade wrote: >> On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 12:16 -0400, Tom Diehl wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Robert Slade wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>> Just a thought, rpm -V sysklogd. See what you get. Also have you run ckrootkit >>> or similar on the machine? >>> >>> I know you said this started after an update and most likely you are correct >>> but it is just a thought. You never know what kind of coincidence you might >>> run into. >> rpm -V sysklogd gave nothing, but rpm -q sysklogd gave: >> >> sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2 >> >> Ran chkrootkit - nothing came up. >> >> Rob > > After a lot of fiddling, I have managed to catch the original error I > was trying to investigate - I guess that this maybe the cause or > contributing to the missing logs. > > Right after the interactive logon message (which doesn't work) the clock > is set then I get: > > starting_udev: udev[485]:add_to_rules: invalid KERNEL operation > udev[485]:invalid_rule: /etc/udev/rules.d/90-ib rule:1 > udev[485]:add_to_rules: invalid KERNEL operation > etc up to rule:7 > > The contents of 90-ib is: > > KERNEL="umad*", NAME="infiniband/%k" > KERNEL="issm*", NAME="infiniband/%k" > KERNEL="ucm*", NAME="infiniband/%k", MODE="0666" > KERNEL="uverbs*", NAME="infiniband/%k", MODE="0666" > KERNEL="uat", NAME="infiniband/%k", MODE="0666" > KERNEL="ucma", NAME="infiniband/%k", MODE="0666" > KERNEL="rdma_cm", NAME="infiniband/%k", MODE="0666" Do this command: rpm -q openib It seems that the version in EL4 has a newer number than the version in EL5: el4: openib-1.1-7 el5: openib-1.1-5.el5 If you have openib-1.1-7, then you need to download and install version 1.1-5.el5 .. this may require upgrading all things that depend on openib as well. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071029/deaa2d3f/attachment-0005.sig>