Re: syslogd problem

[Sam Watkins <swatkins@fastmail.fm>]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:54:19PM -0800, jack kinnon wrote:
> I'm still stuck with this problem.
>  
> syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : address family not supported by protocol
>  
> The whole system is working only in basic command-line mode. Someone
> suggested downloading the 'Debian Installer' but that would eat into my
> monthly subscription volume which I want to reserve for the upgrading to
> 'sarge'.
>  
> Isn't anyone out there that has solved a problem like mine before?

I am pretty sure your problem is due to not having unix sockets support.


If you type (as root):

  modprobe unix

and it doesn't give an error message, everything should work, you should be
able to start X and syslogd should start working (restart it with

  /etc/init.d/syslogd restart


If this works, edit /etc/modules and add a line with just the word "unix" on
it:

  unix

that should cause the unix sockets support to be loaded at boot time.


If "modprobe unix" doesn't work, then you didn't compile unix sockets support
either in the kernel or as a kernel module, so you will need to recompile your
kernel.

Please let me know if these suggestions don't solve your problem.


Sam