Re: busybox syslogd won't start
On Sun Dec 05, 1999 at 07:18:04PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> writes:
>
> > * syslogd now creates the /dev/log socket to make sure it is there, and
> > is actually a socket with the right permissions.
> [...]
> > Anyway, want to check that syslogd/klogd is now acting as expected.
> > Please note that this version ignores /etc/syslog.conf, and simply
> > logs everything to /var/log/messages.
>
> Ok -- so what i need to do is:
>
> - change rcS so that syslogd is started
> - also add
>
> ( tail -f /var/log/messages > /dev/tty3 & ) 2>/dev/null
>
> Does this sound correct? Is it correct for serial console?
> If not, how do we detect serial console ?
Sounds correct. For serial console, I don't know what will happen, but
presumably /dev/tty3 won't be openable, and so it should just silently
fail (I think).
-Erik
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