Hello Colin, On Tuesday 22 November 2005 13:32, Colin Cotter wrote: > I've noticed a number of strange things in my boot messages and I > would like to take a closer look. The first stage in this is to get > bootlogd working. > > I set Yes in my /etc/default/bootlogd and when I boot I get > > bootlogd: ioctl (/dev/ttyzf, TIOCCONS): Bad file descriptor > > and the boot log is not written. Does anybody recognise this problem > or know of a solution?
Just in case - did you google? http://groups.google.com/groups?q=bootlogd%3A+ioctl+%28%2Fdev%2Fttyzf%2C+TIOCCONS%29%3A+Bad+file+descriptor Seems that the same error was once reported last year: ----------------- Niels L. Ellegaard May 4 2004, 11:40 pm Newsgroups: linux.debian.user From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) - Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 00:40:06 +0200 Local: Tues, May 4 2004 11:40 pm Subject: Re: bootlogd: ioctl (/dev/ttyzf, TIOCCONS): Bad file descriptor "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > bootlogd: ioctl (/dev/ttyzf, TIOCCONS): Bad file descriptor > Looks like something is not well with /dev/ttyzf. Is it present? > Are you using 'udev' ? It turned out that I was using udev 0.021. I upgraded to 0.024(testing), and my bootlog started working. Thanks for the advice ----------------- HTH, Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]