Public bug reported: [Impact] In the precise 3.2 series kernel writing strings to /dev/kmsg appears and dmesg and /var/log/syslog, in 3.5 series kernel this does not happen properly even with the equivalent userspace packages.
I've already done a coarse bisect, works v3.4 fails in v3.5-rc1 [Test Case] #!/bin/bash echo 'blah' > /dev/kmsg tail -n1 /var/log/syslog | grep blah # This should return 0. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Chris J Arges (arges) Status: In Progress ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Medium Assignee: Chris J Arges (arges) Status: In Progress ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Saucy) Importance: Medium Assignee: Chris J Arges (arges) Status: In Progress ** Tags: bot-stop-nagging ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Saucy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris J Arges (arges) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Saucy) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris J Arges (arges) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Saucy) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Saucy) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274444 Title: echo string to /dev/kmsg fails to appear on /var/log/syslog Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: In Progress Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] In the precise 3.2 series kernel writing strings to /dev/kmsg appears and dmesg and /var/log/syslog, in 3.5 series kernel this does not happen properly even with the equivalent userspace packages. I've already done a coarse bisect, works v3.4 fails in v3.5-rc1 [Test Case] #!/bin/bash echo 'blah' > /dev/kmsg tail -n1 /var/log/syslog | grep blah # This should return 0. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1274444/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp