Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid - Howto setup bootlogd?
 

Hi,

on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes

but the /var/log/boot

file has timestamp dec 27 2011

so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?

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Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid - Howto setup bootlogd?
 

On Vi, 29 iun 12, 04:53:53, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>
> but the /var/log/boot
>
> file has timestamp dec 27 2011
>
> so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?

bootlogd is now in a separate package and the /etc/default/bootlogd is
not needed anymore (if you want it you install the package ;) it's safe
to delete it.

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Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid - Howto setup bootlogd?
 

On 29/06/12 03:53, Csanyi Pal wrote:

Hi,

on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes

but the /var/log/boot

file has timestamp dec 27 2011

so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?



This may sound like a silly question, but do you have the bootlogd
package installed?


I ask, because around that time bootlogd was split off from
sysvinit-utils into a seperate package, which isn't installed by default.


dom@oz:~$ zcat /usr/share/doc/sysvinit-utils/NEWS.Debian.gz

bootlogd has moved from sysvinit-utils to a separate bootlogd
package. If you wish to continue using bootlogd, please install the
bootlogd package.
Note that the configuration file /etc/default/bootlogd and its option
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE no longer exist; if you do not wish to run bootlogd,
remove the bootlogd package.

-- Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:03:08
+0000


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Dom <toyer@rpdom.net> writes:

> On 29/06/12 03:53, Csanyi Pal wrote:

>> on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
>> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>>
>> but the /var/log/boot
>>
>> file has timestamp dec 27 2011
>>
>> so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?
>>
>
> This may sound like a silly question, but do you have the bootlogd
> package installed?

Indeed, I haven't installed the bootpogd package so I install it right
away.

> dom@oz:~$ zcat /usr/share/doc/sysvinit-utils/NEWS.Debian.gz
>
> bootlogd has moved from sysvinit-utils to a separate bootlogd
> package. If you wish to continue using bootlogd, please install the
> bootlogd package.

I did so.

> Note that the configuration file /etc/default/bootlogd and its option
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE no longer exist; if you do not wish to run bootlogd,
> remove the bootlogd package.

I removed the file /etc/default/bootlogd

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Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid - Howto setup bootlogd?
 

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:53:53 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:

> on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>
> but the /var/log/boot
>
> file has timestamp dec 27 2011
>
> so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?

I'm in the same situation that yours.

AFAIK, the current implementation of bootlogd is broken, it does not work
though it did (sometimes) time ago.

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Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:53:53 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
>> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>>
>> but the /var/log/boot
>>
>> file has timestamp dec 27 2011
>>
>> so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?
>
> I'm in the same situation that yours.
>
> AFAIK, the current implementation of bootlogd is broken, it does not work
> though it did (sometimes) time ago.

I solved the problem by installing bootlogd package.

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:44:12 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:

> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:53:53 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>
>>> on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
>>> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>>>
>>> but the /var/log/boot
>>>
>>> file has timestamp dec 27 2011
>>>
>>> so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?
>>
>> I'm in the same situation that yours.
>>
>> AFAIK, the current implementation of bootlogd is broken, it does not
>> work though it did (sometimes) time ago.
>
> I solved the problem by installing bootlogd package.

Uh? This has been installed since... wait, you're right, the package is
not there, what the...? It may have been removed silently because I'm
sure I had it working and installed months ago.

Well, thanks, reinstalling again :-)

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Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid - Howto setup bootlogd?
 

On 06/29/2012 09:58 AM, Camaleón wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:53:53 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:


on my system I have enabled bootlogd: in /etc/default/bootlogd I have:
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes

but the /var/log/boot

file has timestamp dec 27 2011

so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?


I'm in the same situation that yours.

AFAIK, the current implementation of bootlogd is broken, it does not work
though it did (sometimes) time ago.


Strange... It is running here on 3 wheezy/sid partitions and also a sid
partition, without any problems.


WT


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On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:44:56 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:

> On 06/29/2012 09:58 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:53:53 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:

(...)

>>> so it seem's that bootlogd doesn't work. Why not?
>>
>> I'm in the same situation that yours.
>>
>> AFAIK, the current implementation of bootlogd is broken, it does not
>> work though it did (sometimes) time ago.
>
> Strange...

Not that strange because bootlogd has been running unreliable now and
then.

> It is running here on 3 wheezy/sid partitions and also a sid
> partition, without any problems.

Well, yes... but having the package installed is a must ;-). Bootlogd was
somehow removed from my system but it was not me who did it, at least not
on purpose.

And now I read that the config file is not needed any more or so it says
here:

***
http://wiki.debian.org/bootlogd

As from Wheezy, the bootlog package is automatically started as a daemon
in the normal way (with a sys-V like init.d script). No config file any
more.
***

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On Vi, 29 iun 12, 14:53:25, Camaleón wrote:
>
> Uh? This has been installed since... wait, you're right, the package is
> not there, what the...? It may have been removed silently because I'm
> sure I had it working and installed months ago.

That's probably when bootlogd was split in a dedicated package[1].
Before that it was a functionality of initscripts.

[1] the changelog says 22.Dec.2012

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