Re: gibberish in log files
On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 23:52 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
>
> > *Dec 15 23:35:43 corn kernel: sf omt"."wt tnadjunl<>2851760]RieF:d-4 sn ree aamd
> > *Dec 15 23:35:43 corn kernel: 5[544.113 esrS m4:junlprm:dvc m4,sz 12 ora is lc 8 a rn e 04 a ac 0,mxcmi g 0 a rn g 0<>2851773]RieF:d-4 hcigtascinlg(m4)nr aht otnms<5>[2584541.845130] ReiserFS: dm-44: Removing [42300 295455 0x0 SD]..done
>
> Check if you have two kernel log daemons running. I got such corruption
> while playing with LXC and having a second rsyslog running inside the
> container, grabbing half the characters the kernel put out.
>
> Grüße,
> Sven.
Thank you; I think that was it. I would never have thought of that
explanation. I have a chroot, and although I didn't deliberately start
it, rsyslog seems to be running in it. My guess is that an upgrade in
the chroot triggered the startup script.
Ross
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