On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, Britton wrote: > Aug 31 17:15:04 Beleriand syslogd 1.3-0#11: restart. > Aug 31 17:15:04 Beleriand kernel: klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg > started. > Aug 31 17:15:04 Beleriand syslogd 1.3-0#11: restart. > Aug 31 17:15:04 Beleriand syslogd: select: Bad file number > Aug 31 17:15:34 Beleriand last message repeated 218053 times > Aug 31 17:16:34 Beleriand last message repeated 472675 times > Aug 31 17:17:34 Beleriand last message repeated 472623 times > etc. ad infinitum > > Note that this log was checked immediately after a reboot.
this is happening because syslog.conf is telling syslogd to use a log file in /var/log/news. unfortunately, the directory doesn't exist. even more unfortunately, syslogd repeatedly tries to open the log file. this is a known problem, with a few easy fixes. 1. upgrade to a newer syslogd package. or 2. edit /etc/syslog.conf and comment out (put # at start of line) all references to logfiles in /var/log/news. then type '/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload' or 3. mkdir /var/log/news BTW, what version of debian are you running? are you still running debian 1.2 (aka "rex")? I thought this problem was fixed some time ago - long before 1.3 was released. craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
