CRITICAL: syslogd hangs (fwd

[Alberto Maurizi]

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        Does anybody have an idea of the problem described?

        Thanks,
        alberto maurizi

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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:13:07 +0200 (CEST)
From: Alberto Maurizi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: CRITICAL: syslogd hangs




        distribution: Debian slink
        kernel: 2.0.36
        hardware: i486dx2

        package: syslogd
        version : 1.3-3
        config file: original

        severity: critical

        When invoked by INIT or by hand (through /etc/init.d/sysklogd)
        syslogd hangs for 2 minutes or so. Then all seems to be ok
        (syslogd is among running processes) but, as an example,
        pppd or startx don't run (they hangs too).
        No messages are written in /var/log/messages after:
        "Adding swap ..."
        
        This happened after a normal shutdown, after havin used pon, poff,
        pppconfig and other various tool for dialing.

        
        Alberto Maurizi