We run a ramdisk based initrd setup. There is no upgrade per se. I can boot different ramdisk setups. The rsyslog v8 ramdisk has the startup issue. The v7 does not.
Does that explain the setup? > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lang > Sent: 01 August 2014 23:37 > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog startup problem on Cent OS 5 > > On Sat, 2 Aug 2014, Edmonds, Alan wrote: > > > The problem is rsyslog hangs during the boot sequence. If you kill - > 9 (kill > > alone won't kill it), then try /etc/init.d/rsyslog start it works. > Further > > restarts also work. > > > > V7 doesn't have this issue. > > > > This with the stock rsyslog config as well. > > so it always hangs at boot time, even after the upgrade? and restarting > it > manually always clears it until the next boot? > > > Alan > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lang [[email protected]] > > Sent: 01 August 2014 22:07 > > To: rsyslog-users > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog startup problem on Cent OS 5 > > > > Sorry I haven't been following this closely. > > > > Am I correct in understanding that the problem is that when you > restart rsyslog > > it hangs, but then if you manually kill rsyslog and start it again > everything is > > good? > > > > If so, try inserting a short sleep in your restart script between the > shutdown > > and restart. It could be that the script isn't giving rsyslog time to > exit > > cleanly before it start the new version, but since it's capturing the > output > > from the script you can't tell that it's prompting you for input. > > > > David Lang > > > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Cristian Falcas wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately, I'm using the oracle distribution and with this I'm > using > >> the latest uek kernel > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Edmonds, Alan > <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> That's the kernel I was testing with as well. Glad to see it is > broken > >>> for you too. > >>> > >>> Alan > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > >>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of AndyL > >>>> Sent: 01 August 2014 11:20 > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog startup problem on Cent OS 5 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Same problem here. It was fixed with a newer kernel for me. > >>>> > >>>> I can confirm that this will be a temporary fix because using the > >>>> latest > >>>> kernel avaialble ( kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-371.11.1.el5) still > results > >>>> in > >>>> rsyslog hanging. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a > myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST > if you DON'T LIKE THAT. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
