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Subject: Re: Logs not being saved (/var/log/messages, etc)?
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On 5/9/06, Matt Bostock <matt@mattbostock.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The usual system logs such as /var/log/messages are not being saved.
> /var/log/messages does not exist, but /var/log/messages.0 (the old rotate=
d
> version) does.
>
> I've tried a 'tail /dev/klog' and it returns 'device busy'. syslogd -dv
> isn't
> returning anything useful either.
>
> I'd be very grateful for any suggestions :)
> Matt



Make sure syslogd is started:

ps auxw | grep syslog