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berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,304

Re: [solved] journald doesn't record boot logs

It's very weird.
After a 'journalctl --flush', is there still nothing in /var/log/journal ? Is there an error message then in the journal?

Finally post the entire journalctl after a reboot.

Is it the same problem after a reboot without the usb3 drive you say it's connected?

nesk

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Registered: 2011-03-31

Posts: 182

Re: [solved] journald doesn't record boot logs

It's very weird.

Tell me about it!

After a 'journalctl --flush', is there still nothing in /var/log/journal ? Is there an error message then in the journal?

Finally post the entire journalctl after a reboot.

Is it the same problem after a reboot without the usb3 drive you say it's connected?

Booted with USB3 drive unplugged, no change. Here's the full journal: https://pastebin.com/7kDuhSZa

# date && journalctl --flush
Tue 10 Oct 18:45:55 MSK 2017
# ls -l /var/log/journal/
total 0
# journalctl -e --no-pager | tail -n10
Oct 10 18:35:27 arch dbus-daemon[656]: Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'
Oct 10 18:35:27 arch gvfsd[690]: got no contact to IPC$
Oct 10 18:35:27 arch dbus[314]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Avahi' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service'
Oct 10 18:35:27 arch dbus[314]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service not found.
Oct 10 18:35:29 arch dbus-daemon[656]: Activating via systemd: service name='org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' unit='gvfs-metadata.service'
Oct 10 18:35:29 arch systemd[637]: Starting Virtual filesystem metadata service...
Oct 10 18:35:29 arch dbus-daemon[656]: Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Metadata'
Oct 10 18:35:29 arch systemd[637]: Started Virtual filesystem metadata service.
Oct 10 18:43:55 arch systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
Oct 10 18:43:55 arch systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.

seth

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From: Don't DM me only for attention

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 74,254

Re: [solved] journald doesn't record boot logs

Check "pacman -Qkk systemd" and paste your entire /etc/systemd/journal.conf* stuff and run

# strace journalctl --flush 2>&1 | grep open | tee wtfdoesitstorethings.txt

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nesk

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Registered: 2011-03-31

Posts: 182

Re: [solved] journald doesn't record boot logs

paste your entire /etc/systemd/journal.conf* stuff

Holy zombie Jesus, there was a /etc/systemd/journal.conf.d/volatile.conf file with Storage="volatile" line. I have no idea where it came from - I certainly didn't create it!
Now I have logs of past boots. Marking this as "solved".
Thanks seth, berbae and x33a.