Thanks for your assistance Jacob. Rafael.
J.Rafael.S�nchez Itres Research Limited www.itres.com P.403.250.9944 F.403.250.9916 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) I forgot to mention that...what causes log files to be created with long strings of numbers? > # set the global debug level to "4" (default from policy.h) > debug 4 > > or set that to debug 0 and see what happens to the log file. > > Quoting "J. Rafael S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ***From my inittab file I have. I guess I'm running it with the default > > level, which I think is 4? > > s1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1 -D /dev/ttyS1 > > > > ***From my mgetty.config file, [ everything else on this file is commented > > out ] > > # set the global debug level to "4" (default from policy.h) > > debug 4 > > > > # set the local fax station id > > fax-id 49 115 xxxxxxxx > > > > # access the modem(s) with 38400 bps > > speed 38400 > > > > I wouldn't mind trying running mgetty with -x 0 and see what happens. > > > > Thanks > > Rafael. > > > > > > > > > > > > J.Rafael.S�nchez > > Itres Research Limited > > www.itres.com > > P.403.250.9944 > > F.403.250.9916 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jacob C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:22 PM > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) I forgot to mention that...what causes log files to > > be created with long strings of numbers? > > > > > > > You are probably having the problem since you installed from a binary (and > > > this may also explain why you don't have a policy.h file) and didn't > > compile > > > from source (ftp://alpha.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/source/). In any case, > > have > > > you tried restarting mgetty and playing with the -x option? This controls > > the > > > debug level and in turn affects the verbosity of information that is > > logged. > > > Try restarting it with -x 0 and see if anything changes. > > > > > > What options is your mgetty currently running with? If it is running with > > a > > > reasonable debug level then perhaps the problem is mgetty itself since it > > is > > > reporting errors (maybe you could copy a portion of the file to this > > thread). > > > > > > -J > > > > > > Quoting "J. Rafael S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I've already looked at the man pages too... I've looked at the site > > > > mentioned on it and still nothing. Am I missing something? They talk > > about > > > > the 'policy.h' file. I haven't found this file. I installed from > > binaries > > > > and I'm running mgetty-1.1.28-3. > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > Rafael > > > > > > > > > > > > J.Rafael.S�nchez > > > > Itres Research Limited > > > > www.itres.com > > > > P.403.250.9944 > > > > F.403.250.9916 > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jacob C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:23 PM > > > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) what causes log files to be created with long > > > > strings of numbers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > This was pulled from the mgetty man file: > > > > > > > > > > /var/log/mgetty.log.ttyxx > > > > > Debug log file, see below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DIAGNOSTICS > > > > > If mgetty doesn't work the way it should, the main source of > > > > diagnostic > > > > > data is the log file. It can be found in > > > > "/var/log/mgetty.log.ttyxx" > > > > > (for the mgetty process handling "ttyxx"). If it doesn't > > > > contain > > > > > enough details, enhance the log level with the '-x' option to > > > > mgetty, > > > > > e.g. "-x 5". > > > > > > > > > > Many of the common problems and solutions are discussed in the > > > > mgetty > > > > > manual and the FAQ. Please see the WWW page at > > > > http://alpha.gree- > > > > > nie.net/mgetty/ for both. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting "J. Rafael S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > I have a log file, namely mgetty.log.xxx, that's getting out of > > hand. > > > > I've > > > > > > been googling, trying to find the answer to this issue, but nothing > > yet. > > > > I've > > > > > > been applying a band-aid solution by running a cron that 'ls' and > > grep > > > > for > > > > > > certain strings from /var/log/ and adding a script that deletes > > those > > > > files > > > > > > every so often. > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to understand what is causing it though. I've checked > > > > > > syslog.conf and nothing is obvious there. I've also looked at > > > > > > /etc/mgetty+sendfax folder for signs but nothing. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts will be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you greatly. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rafael. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > J.Rafael.S�nchez > > > > > > Itres Research Limited > > > > > > www.itres.com > > > > > > P.403.250.9944 > > > > > > F.403.250.9916 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Sending all process the TERM signal > > > > > Vs. > > > > > Windows is shutting down... > > > > > > > > > > Which one sounds smarter? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sending all process the TERM signal > > > Vs. > > > Windows is shutting down... > > > > > > Which one sounds smarter? > > > > > > > -- > Sending all process the TERM signal > Vs. > Windows is shutting down... > > Which one sounds smarter?
