23 February 2008

Fix empty /var/log/boot.log file issue

The local7 facility is used to write into the /var/log/boot.log file.
But since the Fedora core 4, the system has been disabled waiting for a new generation system which does not seem to be available yet (see this bug report and this one)

A quick way to fix the empty /var/log/boot.log file, is to edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions file.
Into the success, failure, passed and warning functions, you can add a line like the following, just before the return instruction:
/usr/bin/logger -p local7.info "$1"

It works but each time the initscripts package is updated, it is needed to edit the file ...
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous20 July 2008 at 16:40

    Good job and thank you.

    There is not as much info. in boot.log as I thought there would be. CentOS 5.x (basically Redhat) had an Error Log available in the menu under Applications - System Tools - System Logs. Fedora 9 only provides Cups Errors. Do you know anything about enabling system wide, or boot error logging in Fedora 9?

    Thanks again, Tim

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  2. Bertrand BENOIT3 August 2008 at 18:54

    Thanks tim valentine.
    Unfortunately, I do not know anything else yet to get more information.
    As soon as I found a solution, I'll post another message and inform you.

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  3. Anonymous8 August 2008 at 21:59

    I will check back from time to time in case you find a solution. I have no further information regarding this topic either.

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