Red Hat Linux 8 sys logging prob

[crippler909]

when i start up my system

it gets to

system logging [FAILED]

it takes forever to get the failed messege

what can i do to fix this, or what other info would be needed.

thanks for any help

[Dolda2000]

Try (as root) to start "syslogd" in a shell, and see if it says anything.
What distribution are you running?

[crippler909]

it says :

syslogd: Already running.

its weird though, because on start up it said it failed to start?

[crippler909]

i just rebooted to see

Starting system logger: [FAILED]

it sits 2-3 minutes before i get the FAILED, the kernel logger is next it goves an ok, if that means anything

not sure whats up with it?

any ideas?

[Dolda2000]

syslogd only checks the pid file to make sure it doesn't start a new copy. Make sure that it's really running with ps.

[crippler909]

well it shows me this

  460 ?        00:00:00 syslogd

is that what i am looking for to be running?
dont know to much about my sys logger never had any problems with it before.

[Dolda2000]

That's the one, so at least it is running. Why it reports differently is currently beyond me. What happens if you run "service syslog restart"?

[crippler909]

just boom boom

Shutting down kernel logger: [ OK ]
Shutting down system logger: [ OK ]

no problem,

but on start up hnging up on

Starting system logger:

[crippler909]

it semms to be a syslogger i added in causing the problem soon as i removed it dont know why but it works now.