From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 05:54:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD89D16A4CE; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:54:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7959943D69; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:53:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) i0CDreN1080987 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:53:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0CDrX4H066746 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:53:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0CDrXBE020195; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:53:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0CDrX5A020194; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:53:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:53:32 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: David Malone Message-ID: <20040112135332.GT51502@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20040112113040.GC19402@genius.tao.org.uk> <20040112113643.GA54144@walton.maths.tcd.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040112113643.GA54144@walton.maths.tcd.ie> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.2-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Report: * -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on cicely5.cicely.de cc: Josef Karthauser cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with syslogd under 5.2-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:54:19 -0000 On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:36:43AM +0000, David Malone wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:30:40AM +0000, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > If I kill and restart syslogd by hand I get: > > > > # /usr/sbin/syslogd -s > > syslogd: timed out waiting for child > > > > Is this a known problem? Is there a workaround? > > Is your console in some wird state? (XOFF, scroll-lock-on, ...) > > There have been reports of problems like this before, but they've > been hard to pin point. I always see this on systems at boot with lots off dmesg info and slow logging disk. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de