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Sodki
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 Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:10 am Post subject: [solved] Logging of /etc/init.d/* scripts |
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Hello,
Today I stumbled upon this:
| Code: | bianca ~ # /etc/init.d/vixie-cron restart
* Starting vixie-cron ... [ !! ] |
So, vixie-cron failed to start (no problem on this machine). But why does it fail? I went to check the logs, but there isn't anything related to that event on /var/log/everything/current.
What is the correct way to check the error output of the /etc/init.d/* scripts?
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fvant
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Check /etc/conf.d/rc and you'll find this:
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# RC_BOOTLOG will generate a log of the boot messages shown on the console.
# Useful for headless machines or debugging. You need to emerge the
# app-admin/showconsole package for this to work. Note that this probably
# won't work correctly with boot splash.
RC_BOOTLOG="no"
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Documentation, Tips & Tricks
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Logging of /etc/init.d/* scripts |
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| Sodki wrote: | | What is the correct way to check the error output of the /etc/init.d/* scripts? |
Look at the script itself:
| Code: | | start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/cron |
That --quiet is hiding the info messages. So, as root, check with ps ax that cron is not already running, then run /usr/sbin/cron and see if any interesting messages appear, then run ps ax again to check whether cron is still running or has spontaneously combusted. Then, tail /var/log/messages
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Sodki
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| fvant wrote: | Check /etc/conf.d/rc and you'll find this:
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# RC_BOOTLOG will generate a log of the boot messages shown on the console.
# Useful for headless machines or debugging. You need to emerge the
# app-admin/showconsole package for this to work. Note that this probably
# won't work correctly with boot splash.
RC_BOOTLOG="no"
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Unfortunately I'm still using an old version of baselayout which doesn't support this. But it is a nice method for newer installs, thanks.
| pjp wrote: |
Moved from Documentation, Tips & Tricks |
Oops! Sorry, I didn't realize my mistake. 
| PaulBredbury wrote: | Look at the script itself:
| Code: | | start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/cron |
That --quiet is hiding the info messages. |
Thank you for pointing that out to me. Now I know what to do. |
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