/var/log/messages is not getting new data.

Sun Apr 8 23:21:00 UTC 2007

David Timms wrote:
> Hi, I'm on FC6 machine that gets updated at least once a week. I 
> notice today {monday}, that messages has been rotated and is empty so 
> far.
> -rw------- 1 root root      0 Apr  8 09:07 /var/log/messages
> -rw------- 1 root root 326802 Apr  5 07:03 /var/log/messages.1
> -rw------- 1 root root 632374 Apr  1 04:05 /var/log/messages.2
> -rw------- 1 root root 273450 Mar 25 11:06 /var/log/messages.3
> -rw------- 1 root root  89829 Mar 20 18:53 /var/log/messages.4
>
> Since the machine has been shutdown and rebooted 3/4 times since Apr5, 
> it seems that no data is getting to this log. The machine has been on 
> for many hours almost every day since (now Apr9). Normally yum log 
> items are also logged to messages, but there have been none of these 
> in this time frame.
>
> Is this just my PC, or are others seeing this ?
>
> DaveT.
> ====
> messages.1: last few entries.
> Apr  5 05:43:29 davidtdesktop ntpd[2986]: synchronized to 
> 192.135.48.21, stratum 2
> Apr  5 06:12:58 davidtdesktop ntpd[2986]: synchronized to 
> 193.138.193.113, stratum 2
> Apr  5 06:59:31 davidtdesktop kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
> Apr  5 06:59:31 davidtdesktop kernel: audit(1175720371.077:22): 
> dev=eth0 prom=0 old_prom=256 auid=4294967295
> Apr  5 06:59:31 davidtdesktop kernel: bridge-eth0: disabled 
> promiscuous mode
> Apr  5 07:03:23 davidtdesktop gconfd (root-9821): GConf server is not 
> in use, shutting down.
> Apr  5 07:03:23 davidtdesktop gconfd (root-9821): Exiting
> Apr  5 07:03:30 davidtdesktop shutdown[16032]: shutting down for 
> system halt
> Apr  5 07:03:33 davidtdesktop restorecond: Will not restore a file 
> with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory
> Apr  5 07:03:33 davidtdesktop smartd[3442]: smartd received signal 15: 
> Terminated
> Apr  5 07:03:33 davidtdesktop smartd[3442]: smartd is exiting (exit 
> status 0)
> Apr  5 07:03:34 davidtdesktop avahi-daemon[3291]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.
> Apr  5 07:03:34 davidtdesktop avahi-daemon[3291]: Leaving mDNS 
> multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address 
> fe80::20c:6eff:fe1c:654b.
> Apr  5 07:03:34 davidtdesktop avahi-daemon[3291]: Leaving mDNS 
> multicast group o
> n interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.210.
> Apr  5 07:03:41 davidtdesktop dhcpd: dhcpd shutdown succeeded
> Apr  5 07:03:46 davidtdesktop xinetd[10792]: Exiting...
> Apr  5 07:03:50 davidtdesktop ntpd[2986]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
> Apr  5 07:03:51 davidtdesktop rpc.statd[2740]: Caught signal 15, 
> un-registering and exiting.
> Apr  5 07:03:52 davidtdesktop pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:529:signal_trap() 
> Preparing for suicide
> Apr  5 07:03:52 davidtdesktop pcscd: 
> hotplug_libusb.c:361:HPEstablishUSBNotifications() Hotplug stopped
> Apr  5 07:03:53 davidtdesktop pcscd: 
> readerfactory.c:1350:RFCleanupReaders() entering cleaning function
> Apr  5 07:03:53 davidtdesktop pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:489:at_exit() 
> cleaning /var/run
> Apr  5 07:03:53 davidtdesktop kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
> Apr  5 07:03:53 davidtdesktop kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
> Apr  5 07:03:54 davidtdesktop exiting on signal 15
> =====
> yum.log:
> Apr 03 07:35:00 Updated: japa.i386 0.2.0-2.fc6.ccrma
> Apr 04 22:00:58 Updated: audit-libs.i386 1.4.2-5.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:07 Updated: ruby-libs.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:11 Updated: ruby.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:20 Updated: samba-common.i386 3.0.24-3.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:21 Updated: ruby-irb.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:23 Updated: ruby-rdoc.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:25 Updated: file.i386 4.19-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:29 Updated: yum.noarch 3.0.5-1.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:32 Updated: parted.i386 1.8.2-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:38 Updated: dvdrip.i386 0.98.4-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:40 Updated: gpm.i386 1.20.1-82.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:43 Updated: samba-client.i386 3.0.24-3.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:45 Updated: yum-updatesd.noarch 3.0.5-1.fc6
> Apr 04 22:01:47 Updated: psmisc.i386 22.2-5.1
> Apr 04 22:01:47 Updated: audit-libs-python.i386 1.4.2-5.fc6
> Apr 04 22:02:09 Updated: rhythmbox.i386 0.9.8-1.fc6
> Apr 04 22:03:18 Updated: ruby-ri.i386 1.8.5.35-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:03:35 Updated: azureus.i386 2.5.0.4-2.fc6
> Apr 04 22:03:37 Updated: redhat-rpm-config.noarch 8.0.45-9.fc6
> Apr 04 22:21:30 Updated: VMware-server.i386 1.0.2-39867
> Apr 04 22:34:16 Updated: VMware-server-console.i386 1.0.2-39867
> Apr 06 10:31:51 Installed: screen.i386 4.0.3-2.fc6
> Apr 06 20:15:26 Installed: eclipse-rcp-sdk.i386 1:3.2.2-1.fc6
> Apr 06 20:15:40 Installed: eclipse-platform-sdk.i386 1:3.2.2-1.fc6
> Apr 06 20:16:49 Installed: java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-javadoc.i386 
> 1.4.2.0-40jpp.110
> Apr 06 20:17:10 Installed: eclipse-jdt.i386 1:3.2.2-1.fc6
> Apr 06 20:17:11 Installed: eclipse-pde-runtime.i386 1:3.2.2-1.fc6
> Apr 06 20:17:17 Installed: eclipse-pde.i386 1:3.2.2-1.fc6
> Apr 08 09:14:02 Updated: krb5-libs.i386 1.5-21
> Apr 08 09:14:06 Updated: openssh.i386 4.3p2-19.fc6
> Apr 08 09:14:07 Updated: cups-libs.i386 1:1.2.10-3.fc6
> Apr 08 09:14:13 Updated: selinux-policy.noarch 2.4.6-49.fc6
>
I saw this on my machine on the update to kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.
I backed off to the previous kernel kernel-2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 which
does log properly and sent out a query to this list on March 26.
  https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-March/msg03318.html
However, I had no reply, so I was thinking that it was perhaps
something particular to my machine.  However, if you have seen
this as well, perhaps one of us should file a Bugzilla report.
(I just did another search of Bugzilla and didn't see this
problem reported, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.)