Topic: starting system logger

[veeresh]

hi,

After the power went off the sme server machine restarted and then hangs with the message "starting system logger."   

this has happened the second time.  the first time i used the rescue mode copied the data and reinstalled the server. 

Can any body point me to what could be the issue

thanks

Veeresh

[Stefano]

Hi

I'm not able to tell you how to resolve your problem, but I suggest you to raise a bug.. asap

Thank you
ciao
stefano

[mrothe]

Hi,

I have the same problem,  after a power failure,
when the system boots it freezes on "STARTING SYSTEM LOG".

I am by no means a guru and have re installed several times after this has happened, but I decided to try and resolve the problem this time, after searching these forums I have found your post.

so far I have managed to get the system to boot using the interactive startup

I get to this by pressing "I" when it tells me to ( well actually I just keep hitting I as the message comes and goes so quick I missed it the first few times)
then when I am asked if I want to start Syslog i choose No and then continue with the boot sequence.
The problem is when I reboot the system if I don't follow the above procedure the system will freeze at "STARTING SYSTEM LOGGER" again.
So after a bit more searching in the forums I discovered the the system log file is located in /var/log/messages~######, when I tried to edit this file my system freezes (Just like when it boots).

I think that the way to resolve this problem is to create a new syslog file (messages~######) and redirect system to read this file instead, but I'm not sure how to do this. (YET!)

I just came up with a few more ideas while I am writing this.

[mrothe]

I have resolved the booting issue by deleting the last message file in the /vor/logs directory.  (Last by date)

I'm not sure if this really solves the problem as I am sure the next time the power goes out I will have to do this again, (Maybe I should post problem in BUG TRACKER?)

Mike

P.S.

I used midnight commander to delete file (MC at prompt)

[chris burnat]

(Maybe I should post problem in BUG TRACKER?)

Yes, please do so, this should be investigated.  Please provide as much information as you can in the bug, not just a reference to this forum's post. Thanks.