On 16/09/2015 20:52, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 09/16/2015 06:55:00 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 16/09/2015 17:57, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>>> I have syslog-ng-3.7.1 installed here.
>>> Syslog-ng fails to start with the message:
>>> Failed to seek to the Cursor cursor='', error='Success (0)'
>>>
>>> Does anybody know what's happening?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for a hint,
>>> Helmut
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> It has something to do with systemd's log thingy.
>>
>> The error only appears in one place in the syslog-ng source,
>> in modules/systemd-journal/journal-reader.c:
>>
>> static inline gboolean
>> __seek_to_saved_state(JournalReader *self)
>> {
>> JournalReaderState *state =
>> persist_state_map_entry(self->persist_state, self->persist_handle);
>> gint rc = journald_seek_cursor(self->journal, state->cursor);
>> persist_state_unmap_entry(self->persist_state,
>> self->persist_handle);
>> if (rc != 0)
>> {
>> msg_warning("Failed to seek to the cursor",
>> evt_tag_str("cursor", state->cursor),
>> evt_tag_errno("error", errno),
>> NULL);
>> return __seek_to_head(self);
>> }
>> journald_next(self->journal);
>> return TRUE;
>> }
>>
>>
>> First step would appear to be to check systemd's built-in log thingy
>>
>
> Thanks Alan,
>
> but how to do that. I have systemd installed here but I haven't ever used it
> since I'm using openrc.
> So, what can I do?
Well you are one better than me.
I _don't_ have systemd installed here but I haven't ever used it since
I'm using openrc :-)
I haven't seen Canek for a few days, hopefully he'll drop by and help
you out - he's usually the one with the most useful systemd answers
--
Alan McKinnon
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