Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:03:24 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fifo log problem Message-ID: <200811170603.mAH63Q54011870@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <73413.1226301391@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <Your message of "Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:43:53 EST." <200811040143.mA41hjaa029665@lava.sentex.ca> <73413.1226301391@critter.freebsd.dk>
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At 02:16 AM 11/10/2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>In message <200811040143.mA41hjaa029665@lava.sentex.ca>, Mike Tancsa writes:
>
> >I tried changing the config so that there is only the fifo log being
> >written to and disabled newsyslog so that syslogd is not getting a
> >HUP signal. The strange thing is that reading from it gives
> >different results?!?
> >
> >Sometimes doing
> >[ps0278]# fifolog_reader all.fifo | wc
> >>From 0 Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
> >To 1225760679 Mon Nov 3 20:04:39 2008
> >Read from 1d800
> > 59 413 3068
> >0[ps0278]#
> >
> >and a exactly for 1min it will show the correct results
> >
> >0[ps0278]# fifolog_reader all.fifo | wc
> >>From 0 Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
> >To 1225760538 Mon Nov 3 20:02:18 2008
> >Read from 0
> > 10765 75995 556816
> >0[ps0278]#
>
>I could fear that you have two fifologs running at the same time,
>possibly as a result of syslogd doing something strange on sighup...
There is nothing really strange about the config. Any idea on how to resolve?
---Mike
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