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mghis

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Registered: 2010-12-08

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Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

Syslog-ng doesn't start. This is the output:

:: Starting Syslog-NG    [BUSY]
Error reading serialized data; error='Error reading file (short read)'
Persistent configuration file is in invalid format, ignoring;
[FAIL]

This happened after a blackout. I use

Linux myhost 2.6.36-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 10 20:01:53 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

with XFS filesystem.

Thanks for any reply.

Last edited by mghis (2010-12-27 16:28:58)

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Re: Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

Did you try repairing the filesystem? http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18601

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mghis

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Re: Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

Did you try repairing the filesystem? http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18601

Thanks for the input.

I done made the root partition XFS, so I cannot umount it. I tried to reinstall the syslog-ng package, but it doesn't work.
The files in /var/log, in fact, are showing infos on yesterday.

_EDIT_ Trying install rsyslog instead of syslog-ng. I know it is quite old, anyway I have to get this work. IT works, but
            I'd prefer syslog-ng...

Last edited by mghis (2010-12-19 13:49:06)

Stebalien

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Re: Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

remove /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist

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mghis

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Re: Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

remove /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist

It works fine! Thanks

kuno

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Registered: 2010-06-24

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Re: Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

remove /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist

Works for me,too.

desaparecido

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Registered: 2010-03-14

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Re: Syslog-ng error. [SOLVED]

remove /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist

thanks too.. works fine for me

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