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Subject:    Re: [syslog-ng] dropped log?
From:       fedora fedora <fedorafans () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-08-17 13:49:52
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ah, thanks a lot!

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:55 AM, SZALAY Attila <
sasa@pheniscidae.tvnetwork.hu> wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 11:42 -0500, fedora fedora wrote:
> >
> > So what exactly does "dropped='pipe(/dev/xconsole)=5093'" mean? The
> > load of this server is not heavy at all, i guess most of these
> > messages are firewall logs,  why so many logs got dropped?
>
> I think that this is because nobody listen on the other end of that
> pipe.
>
> The /dev/xconsole pipe is a traditional pipe for log readers in X
> system. The last time when I see a program reading that file is not
> after 1998. That program write the log messages to the X console when
> nobody logged in.
>
> I think you can safely remove that destination especially if you not use
> it. :)
>
>
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ah, thanks a lot!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:55 AM, \
SZALAY Attila <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:sasa@pheniscidae.tvnetwork.hu">sasa@pheniscidae.tvnetwork.hu</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi All!<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 11:42 -0500, fedora fedora wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; So what exactly does &quot;dropped=&#39;pipe(/dev/xconsole)=5093&#39;&quot; \
mean? The<br> &gt; load of this server is not heavy at all, i guess most of these<br>
&gt; messages are firewall logs,  why so many logs got dropped?<br>
<br>
</div>I think that this is because nobody listen on the other end of that<br>
pipe.<br>
<br>
The /dev/xconsole pipe is a traditional pipe for log readers in X<br>
system. The last time when I see a program reading that file is not<br>
after 1998. That program write the log messages to the X console when<br>
nobody logged in.<br>
<br>
I think you can safely remove that destination especially if you not use<br>
it. :)<br>
<br>
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