I think we just recently had this on the mailing list or bug tracker and I made a fix for it. I guess the fix is included in 4.4.2.
HTH Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Mielke > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:57 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: [rsyslog] rsyslog in uninterruptable sleep > > > Hi, > > I just did some small changes to the rsyslog.conf and wanted to restart > the process: > > # /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart > Shutting down system logger: [FAILED] > Starting system logger: Already running. > [FAILED] > > # ps -elf | grep rsyslog > 5 D root 2037 1 1 76 0 - 12040 sync_b Oct18 ? > 03:32:10 rsyslogd -c 4 -x -f /etc/rsyslog.conf -i /var/run/syslogd.pid > > > This is rsyslog 4.2.0 running on RHEL5 and it's not the first time it > happens. > > > Any ideas on why this might happened and how to solve this w/o > rebooting > the system?? > > > Thanks, > Martin > > > This email and any attachments are confidential, and may be legally > privileged and protected by copyright. If you are not the intended > recipient dissemination or copying of this email is prohibited. If you > have received this in error, please notify the sender by replying by > email and then delete the email completely from your system. > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender. This > communication is not intended to form a binding contract unless > expressly indicated to the contrary and properly authorised. Any > actions taken on the basis of this email are at the recipient's own > risk. > > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com

