Well, time is elapsing, and that issue is still there with rsyslog 7.4.4 rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole': Permission denied [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
if it has been fixed upstream (not checked) then that 'permission denied' above might be blamed i suppose. related report lp:459730 ** Tags added: vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612900 Title: rsyslog does not reopen /dev/xconsole on reload Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: rsyslog Package: rsyslog 4.2.0-2ubuntu8 Uname : 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 5 09:22:14 UTC 2010 i686 unknown GNU/Linux Distro: Lucid (10.04.1 LTS) On getting a reload (e.g. from sudo reload rsyslog, or from log rotation) rsyslogd closes all open logfiles, pipes, etc, but does not seem to reopen the fifo /dev/xconsole This means that xconsole then hangs. Before reload: # ls -l 6402/fd/ total 0 lrwx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 0 -> socket:[36483] l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 10 -> /var/log/mail.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 11 -> /var/log/user.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 12 -> /var/log/mail.info l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 13 -> /var/log/mail.warn l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 14 -> /var/log/mail.err l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 15 -> /var/log/news/news.crit l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 16 -> /var/log/news/news.err l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 17 -> /var/log/news/news.notice l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 18 -> /var/log/debug l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 19 -> /var/log/messages lrwx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 20 -> /dev/xconsole lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 3 -> /proc/kmsg l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 4 -> /var/log/ufw.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 5 -> /var/log/auth.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 6 -> /var/log/syslog l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 7 -> /var/log/daemon.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 8 -> /var/log/kern.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 9 -> /var/log/lpr.log Immediately after reload: # ls -l 6402/fd/ total 0 lrwx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 0 -> socket:[36483] lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 3 -> /proc/kmsg Some minutes after reload: # ls -l 6402/fd/ total 0 lrwx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 0 -> socket:[36483] l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 1 -> /var/log/syslog l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 10 -> /var/log/messages l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 2 -> /var/log/mail.log lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 3 -> /proc/kmsg l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 4 -> /var/log/mail.info l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 5 -> /var/log/daemon.log l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 6 -> /var/log/debug l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 7 -> /var/log/mail.warn l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 8 -> /var/log/mail.err l-wx------ 1 root root 64 2010-08-03 10:21 9 -> /var/log/kern.log It seems that files are only reopened when needed, but /dev/xconsole is not reopened, possibly because it is a named pipe. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/612900/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
