Re: Strange kernel log message

2007-11-27 Thread Ceri Davies
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 07:58:41PM +, Bruce Cran wrote:
 Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
 On 2007-11-26 09:58, Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 So I have this in my security run output:
 kernel log messages:
 +++ /tmp/security.hLYJI0kF  Sun Nov 25 03:01:02 2007
 +NNNMNMMIII M  III SIISAS SAAA  3 303,020,0 ,,  EE 
 IEIIESSSAIAA S A f ff
 +
 +
 +f
 
 WTF now?
 
 I'm not sure if that's a real kernel message that got garbled or whether
 I should be worried about naughtiness.
 
 
 It looks like multiple messages overlapping each other.  Removing 3
 characters every 4 bytes in the output produces things which seem
 vaguely recognizable:
 
 22NNI II A ,,,EISA  fff
 2NMI  SS 300  ISAAfff
 
 There's a sysctl option which you can tweak to make this less likely to
 happen, but I am not sure about its name.  Our console gurus can help
 you track it down and tune its value :)
 
 The kernel option I've seen mentioned before to at least make this less 
 common is:
 
 options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128# Prevent printf output being interspersed.

Aha, thanks guys.

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
  -- Moliere


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Strange kernel log message

2007-11-26 Thread Ceri Davies
So I have this in my security run output:

kernel log messages:
+++ /tmp/security.hLYJI0kF  Sun Nov 25 03:01:02 2007
+NNNMNMMIII M  III SIISAS SAAA  3 303,020,0 ,,  EE IEIIESSSAIAA S A 
f ff
+
+
+f

WTF now?

I'm not sure if that's a real kernel message that got garbled or whether
I should be worried about naughtiness.

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
  -- Moliere


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Re: Strange kernel log message

2007-11-26 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-26 09:58, Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 So I have this in my security run output:
 kernel log messages:
 +++ /tmp/security.hLYJI0kFSun Nov 25 03:01:02 2007
 +NNNMNMMIII M  III SIISAS SAAA  3 303,020,0 ,,  EE IEIIESSSAIAA S 
 A f ff
 +
 +
 +f

 WTF now?

 I'm not sure if that's a real kernel message that got garbled or whether
 I should be worried about naughtiness.

It looks like multiple messages overlapping each other.  Removing 3
characters every 4 bytes in the output produces things which seem
vaguely recognizable:

22NNI II A ,,,EISA  fff
2NMI  SS 300  ISAAfff

There's a sysctl option which you can tweak to make this less likely to
happen, but I am not sure about its name.  Our console gurus can help
you track it down and tune its value :)

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Re: Strange kernel log message

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Cran

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

On 2007-11-26 09:58, Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

So I have this in my security run output:
kernel log messages:
+++ /tmp/security.hLYJI0kF  Sun Nov 25 03:01:02 2007
+NNNMNMMIII M  III SIISAS SAAA  3 303,020,0 ,,  EE IEIIESSSAIAA S A 
f ff
+
+
+f

WTF now?

I'm not sure if that's a real kernel message that got garbled or whether
I should be worried about naughtiness.



It looks like multiple messages overlapping each other.  Removing 3
characters every 4 bytes in the output produces things which seem
vaguely recognizable:

22NNI II A ,,,EISA  fff
2NMI  SS 300  ISAAfff

There's a sysctl option which you can tweak to make this less likely to
happen, but I am not sure about its name.  Our console gurus can help
you track it down and tune its value :)

  


The kernel option I've seen mentioned before to at least make this less 
common is:


options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128# Prevent printf output being interspersed.

--
Bruce

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Strange kernel log message from security run output

2004-09-01 Thread Charles M. Gerungan
[fqdn] kernel log messages:

 'M-[M-c^_M-'M-ZM-c^_M-KM-ZM-c^_M-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-^M-+^ZM-|M-,^P=M^MCM-ZM-c^_M-3M-*M-b^_M-KM-ZM-c^_M-gM-ZM-c^_^SM-M-c^_M-'M-ZM-c^_M-KM-ZM-c^_^HM^_M-ZM-c^_^HM-/M-ZM-c^_M-JM-)M-b^_M-'[EMAIL
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What is FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE trying to tell me? I've added IPF to my kernel.

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Re: Strange kernel log message from security run output

2004-09-01 Thread Joe O
This junk is normally seen in dmesg if you used the interactive kernel
configurator at the last boot.

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Charles M. Gerungan wrote:

 [fqdn] kernel log messages:

  'M-[M-c^_M-'M-ZM-c^_M-KM-ZM-c^_M-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-,^P=M^MM-^M-+^ZM-|M-,^P=M^MCM-ZM-c^_M-3M-*M-b^_M-KM-ZM-c^_M-gM-ZM-c^_^SM-M-c^_M-'M-ZM-c^_M-KM-ZM-c^_^HM^_M-ZM-c^_^HM-/M-ZM-c^_M-JM-)M-b^_M-'[EMAIL
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 What is FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE trying to tell me? I've added IPF to my kernel.

 --
 Regards, Charles.
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