I went to go check my /var/log/messages and there wasn't anything in it. It's completely blank. I tried checking my /var/log/mail and the messages stopped yesterday around 6:00pm. The unit in question is my mailserver. This makes no sense to me what so ever since I haven't touched the server for a couple days. Any thoughts? -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
Quoting Tom Nielsen
I went to go check my /var/log/messages and there wasn't anything in it. It's completely blank. I tried checking my /var/log/mail and the messages stopped yesterday around 6:00pm. The unit in question is my mailserver.
This makes no sense to me what so ever since I haven't touched the server for a couple days.
Any thoughts?
Disk/partition full: "df" failed log rotate: check when logrotate runs box cracked: you have just entered the Twilight/Kafka zone where nothing is what it seems and nothing can be trusted. If you suspect this, get a spare mail server ready, then pull the network connection and the power plug, in that order, to prevent any trojans from squealing and from wiping the disk during an "orderly" shutdown. The reboot with a rescue disk and begin the forensic investigation: check for rootkits, check installed files against RPMs on a trusted (pre-break-in) source like the installation CD. HTH, Jeffrey
I'm fairly new to SuSE and was wondering what its release cycle is. When can we expect SuSE 9.1? Does anyone know what we can expect to be a part of it (e.g., new kernel, Gnome 2.4 or 2.6, KDE 3.2)? Thanks Jack
brooksfamily@sunflower.com wrote:
I'm fairly new to SuSE and was wondering what its release cycle is. When can we expect SuSE 9.1? Does anyone know what we can expect to be a part of it (e.g., new kernel, Gnome 2.4 or 2.6, KDE 3.2)?
Thanks
Jack
SuSE releases a new version every 6 months, so you could expect 9.1 in April. I think kernel 2.6 and kde 3.2 are going to be in there as they are out long enough to get included. Mark
To All: Why bother upgrading unless you really need to? My only problem with SuSe 9 is it is forever giving me fits with the internet connection. Then I have to go over to Windows for my internet. -- Old Sarge, prefer using voice dictation because of my arthritis!
Old Sarge wrote:
To All: Why bother upgrading unless you really need to? My only problem with SuSe 9 is it is forever giving me fits with the internet connection. Then I have to go over to Windows for my internet.
Kinda cryptic in your statement, Ol' Boy, er Sarge. My internet is flowing along with absolutely no hassles - and this using a modem/s which are officially termed Winmodem/s (one with little brains and the other with even less brains). We can't help if we don't know the problem. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
To Basil: I was just trying to say that SuSe is reliable enough, now, that it is only the auxillary programs that need to be worked on. For instance, the internet connection. I am lucky in that I am able to connect from either Linux or Windows, so that when one fails, I can keep going. -- Old Sarge, prefer using voice dictation because of my arthritis!
* Old Sarge (jboyle@harbornet.com) [040311 09:30]:
To Basil: I was just trying to say that SuSe is reliable enough, now, that it is only the auxillary programs that need to be worked on. For instance, the internet connection. I am lucky in that I am able to connect from either Linux or Windows, so that when one fails, I can keep going.
Well, 9.1 will not just be an increamental upgrade. It shall have the 2.6 kernel and KDE 3.2.x among other things. I think KDE 3.2.x is much better then 3.1 was .. it seems faster. And I'd like to experience the 2.6 kernel. If 9.1 was just another 2.4.x update with a bunch of GUI stuff thrown in..then I wouldn't bother either, but this looks like a full featured upgrade. We shall see. -- Linux User #147972 ---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org -- "There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend religious faith."
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* Old Sarge (jboyle@harbornet.com) [040311 09:30]:
To Basil: I was just trying to say that SuSe is reliable enough, now, that it is only the auxillary programs that need to be worked on. For instance, the internet connection. I am lucky in that I am able to connect from either Linux or Windows, so that when one fails, I can keep going.
Well, 9.1 will not just be an increamental upgrade. It shall have the 2.6 kernel and KDE 3.2.x among other things. I think KDE 3.2.x is much better then 3.1 was .. it seems faster. And I'd like to experience the 2.6 kernel. If 9.1 was just another 2.4.x update with a bunch of GUI stuff thrown in..then I wouldn't bother either, but this looks like a full featured upgrade. We shall see.
-- Linux User #147972 ---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org -- "There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend religious faith."
Well, running 9.1 on my measly 800 celery and it is indeed very fast. KDE3.2 is very fast and the look they are going for is more to suit main stream M$ converts insofar that the layout will be more familiar to them. 2.6 kernel is also very nice - quick, stable and so far multimedia progs are much snappier. This version is definately headed in the right direction IMHO. :) Cheers, Curtis. - -- Spammers Beware: Tresspassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! Warning: Individuals throwing objects at the crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them! If pro is the opposite of con, then the opposite of progress must be congress! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWgd0N9r/ngHXpykRAtujAJ0c5b5DP1uVLCCERDwROxeMkw3gHQCg7prf yib0r3Yvqnk+2ZVNnsEwb5o= =WxvM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 09:39, Old Sarge wrote:
To Basil: I was just trying to say that SuSe is reliable enough, now, that it is only the auxillary programs that need to be worked on. For instance, the internet connection. I am lucky in that I am able to connect from either Linux or Windows, so that when one fails, I can keep going.
Why is your Internet Connection failing? Many people (including me) have Linux connected to the Internet 24/7 and I would not accept unreliable Internet connections. I am sure web hosting services would feel the same way. If you're on dial-up, that can be tricky at times, especially as a few more factors can affect your connection. Matt
Quoting Matthew Johnson
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 09:39, Old Sarge wrote:
To Basil: I was just trying to say that SuSe is reliable enough, now, that it is only the auxillary programs that need to be worked on. For instance, the internet connection. I am lucky in that I am able to connect from either Linux or Windows, so that when one fails, I can keep going.
Try dragging your systems across town to a friend's house or work and trying there. You may have a noisy phone line. HTH, Jeffrey
The 2004-03-10 at 13:16 -0800, Tom Nielsen wrote:
I went to go check my /var/log/messages and there wasn't anything in it. It's completely blank. I tried checking my /var/log/mail and the messages stopped yesterday around 6:00pm. The unit in question is my mailserver.
maybe syslog service stopped... type "rcsyslog status", and then "rcsyslog restart". The message file should have entries like these when nothing is happening: Mar 18 10:35:58 telperion -- MARK -- Mar 18 10:56:05 telperion -- MARK -- Mar 18 11:16:12 telperion -- MARK -- If the file is empty, perhaps it was rotated after the service stopped.
This makes no sense to me what so ever since I haven't touched the server for a couple days.
Any thoughts?
I had a machine where some services would stop suddenly, out of the blue (and it was not conected to inet): syslog, crond... whatever. It was a problem with the kernel, with memory management... I don't remember if it was suse 7.3 or 8.1. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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Tom Nielsen