------- Comment From [email protected] 2020-10-05 13:53 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #24)
> Thanks Mario!
> I'm cutting this down a bit for readability ...
>
> > root@ilzlnx4:~# sudo logrotate --force --verbose /etc/logrotate.conf
> > ...
> > rotating pattern: /var/log/syslog
> > considering log /var/log/syslog
> > log does not need rotating (log is empty)
>
> This seems to happen at a time the process is already
> broken and the logging dead. Any chance to catch the
> logrotate that switches it from working to failing if
> that shows anything different?
>
> > ...
> > root@ilzlnx4:~# logger -e "Test Error"
> > ...
> > root@ilzlnx4:~# tail /var/log/syslog
> > ...
> > Note that after the journal command also the syslog file was check and it 
> > still empty
>
> Yeah that really means it is active but not taking up messages it should
> take :-/
>
> > - Enable the syslog debugger with the env variables and restarted the 
> > service
> > ...
> > After reboot and activate the syslog debug mode, the syslog crashed again.
> >
> > root@ilzlnx4:~# tail /var/log/syslog
> > root@ilzlnx4:~# logger "Test Error"
> > root@ilzlnx4:~# tail /var/log/syslog
> >
> > Attaching the debug log file generated: rsyslog.debug
>
> The file did not get mirrored/attached in case that was a mail attachment.
> Could someone get that attached to the bug on launchpad?
>
> Also since this again was called a "crash" (I doubt since in the
> logs before it seemed the PID stayed the same, but if there is a
> chance) is there a crash file in /var/crash for it?

I just uploaded the file again with access to all and about the
/var/crash it is empty no log created there.

Also uploading the last output of syslog before the last rotate

Files uploaded
- syslog
- syslog.debug

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