-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2013-11-20 15:57, Gergely Nagy wrote: > The file() thing here comes from the system() source. system() is > expanded at run-time, depending on the OS/platform/whatever > syslog-ng is running on. > > You can run "syslog-ng --preprocess-into=/dev/stdout -s" to see > what it does with the config file. You'll find the > file("/dev/kmsg") thing there.
root@drake~# syslog-ng --preprocess-into=/dev/stdout -s root@drake~# echo $? 0 > Can you tell me the kernel version you have? And does this happen > in a container, VM, or on bare metal? root@drake~# uname -a Linux drake 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 i686 GNU/Linux VM on top of VMware ESXI 4.1 > As a quick workaround, you can remove the system() line from the > config, and replacing it with whatever it expands to (see the > command above), without the /dev/kmsg part. Removed the line and the service seems to start indeed. Thanks. root@drake~# grep -B1 system\( /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf source s_src { #system(); root@drake~# service syslog-ng start [ ok ] Starting system logging: syslog-ng. (and a new aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade worked flawlessly) - -- brother http://sis.bthstudent.se -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJSjN1MAAoJEJbdSEaj0jV7uNwH/3aTX640VtIBF9uGheUDDMMc UzxwHfxn/kzrqb6TVkD7sd++hy+h+s9gKIIlVmCIB6Ie3zUspyZ/AhgAQjQmNrI8 PgHhYJj3sSbkc7TlbnollicGeN/mKERMUPmVSj3ocRN6/cdBeKv1AJPP1TbeVK8n RdSVjWCaj97xVY4WP5Mje9aoHspWfOf/TQVI9cdnGUgiGMpJ+uOOEn+vWZ/pANMp ufM5LLAhBAfwzSx+duoHJfv/jPKhdjgoecYLfDezrc7VCmwfCv6OWJgYdPh39siB zYcqNfv9zpAYCMkdivU7WFq0vVUJQ4zK/kSEcfuLddzgNNR74DfJL2luZLaJ8EA= =PIUV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org