From maheshs at cdac.in Mon Oct 17 10:45:12 2005 From: maheshs at cdac.in (Mahesh Shinde) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:15:12 +0530 (India Standard Time) Subject: Syslog & kernel log daemons terminates randomnly. Message-ID: Dear all, We have a Mail Server with following Hardware/Software configuration. IBM X-345 Intel-based Server DUAL Intel Xeon 2.6 GHz 2.5 GB RAM 3 Nos. 72 GB HDD OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS Update 5 kernel: 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp We are facing a strange problem of logging to "messages" and "maillog" files randomnly stops and syslog & klog daemons needs to start again. After restarting the syslog & klog daemons using "service syslog restart" command, we have observed that "minilogd" is eating up physcial memory space of upto 1 GB and CPU resource as high as 20%. This leads to high load average on server. My first question is why syslog & klog daemons stops suddenly/randomnly. How to solve this problem. Second question is what is "minilogd" & why it eats up high memory and CPU resources. Can anyone reply to this problem. Thanks and regards, Mahesh Shinde C-DAC, Pune From Brian at Fahrlander.net Mon Oct 17 11:24:00 2005 From: Brian at Fahrlander.net (Brian Fahrlander) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:24:00 -0500 Subject: Syslog & kernel log daemons terminates randomnly. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1129548240.13921.12.camel@aquila.kamakiriad.local> On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 16:15 +0530, Mahesh Shinde wrote: > After restarting the syslog & klog daemons using "service syslog restart" > command, we have observed that "minilogd" is eating up physcial memory > space of upto 1 GB and CPU resource as high as 20%. This leads to high > load average on server. > > My first question is why syslog & klog daemons stops suddenly/randomnly. > How to solve this problem. > Second question is what is "minilogd" & why it eats up high memory and CPU > resources. Here's what I found on Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=minilogd+redhat&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official It looks like SeLinux plays a part; what mode are you in? This is on an "Enterprise" server; was Redhat's support unhelpful? Yeah, these are all surface questions, but I'm heading out the door... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Fahrl?nder Christian, Conservative, and Technomad Evansville, IN http://www.fahrlander.net ICQ: 5119262 AIM: WheelDweller ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: From grants at al.com.au Thu Oct 20 04:57:36 2005 From: grants at al.com.au (Grant Street) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:57:36 +1000 Subject: RHEL Workstation Message-ID: <435723C0.5010109@al.com.au> Hello I am looking at RHEL workstation accross a number of PC's but I'm concerned about the hardware support and maintenance of the distribution. We have two hardware requirements Nvidia Quadro graphics cards for 3D work and Wacom Intuos3 tablets. The problem is that to get these working optimally you have to compile the drivers using kernel source. What I was wondering is how other people handle this sort of situation, repackage kernels, re-compile on each work station, etc? It also seems wierd to have to do all this and pay for support.. Grant From d1 at ms.unimelb.edu.au Thu Oct 20 05:24:06 2005 From: d1 at ms.unimelb.edu.au (Alan) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:24:06 +1000 Subject: RHEL Workstation In-Reply-To: <435723C0.5010109@al.com.au> References: <435723C0.5010109@al.com.au> Message-ID: <435729F6.60504@ms.unimelb.edu.au> Grant Street wrote: > Hello > > I am looking at RHEL workstation accross a number of PC's but I'm > concerned about the hardware support and maintenance of the distribution. > > We have two hardware requirements Nvidia Quadro graphics cards for 3D > work and Wacom Intuos3 tablets. The problem is that to get these working > optimally you have to compile the drivers using kernel source. It's all about the balance between performance and admin overhead. I normally just use the standard distribution coz this saves me from the work associated with the upgrade of kernel or other packages (there're a lot) -- unless the hardware can't work at all or works only at an unbearable performance level -- then probably the hardware choice needs to be reviewed. > > What I was wondering is how other people handle this sort of situation, > repackage kernels, re-compile on each work station, etc? It also seems > wierd to have to do all this and pay for support.. > > Grant > > -- > redhat-sysadmin-list mailing list > redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list