<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 02/07/2012 04:55 PM, William Otten wrote:<br>
> On 2/7/2012 3:49 PM, William Otten wrote:<br>
>> On 2/7/2012 3:45 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>
>>> On 02/07/2012 03:56 PM, William Otten wrote:<br>
>>>> I just noticed my backend log stopped logging as of 1/21/12. What can I<br>
>>>> do to remedy this?<br>
>>> You'd need to provide some more information--at minimum, which MythTV<br>
>>> version you're using (and, probably, which distro/packages)--for us to<br>
>>> do more than guess, but it's likely a problem with either file system<br>
>>> permissions or you upgraded to unstable/development code without reading<br>
>>> about what's changed/configuring for the new version.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Once you fix the underlying problem, just restart mythbackend, and<br>
>>> you'll have log files.<br>
</div><div class="im">>> Sorry I have posted so much here lately...thought everyone knew...my<br>
>> mistake<br>
>> Using:<br>
>> ubuntu 11.10 64 bit<br>
>> Mythtv master - latest. Upgraded from ver 24 around the time the<br>
>> logging stopped.<br>
> What should the permissions be for the mythbackend.log? Also what should<br>
> the permissions be for all the log files?<br>
<br>
</div>Assuming you're using mythbuntu packages for MythTV, they have<br>
configured mythbackend startup to use syslog logging (<br>
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:Syslog_Configuration_Files" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:Syslog_Configuration_Files</a> ). The<br>
rsyslog configuration is probably<br>
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Configuration" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Configuration</a> .<br>
<br>
Karl Dietz noticed that there were issues with Ubuntu's directory<br>
permissions/rsyslog user and group/the rsyslog configuration file's<br>
using mythtv for file and directory. Since I'm using a different<br>
distro, I'm not the best person to help you fix the issues--but I will<br>
ask that someone document exactly what changes need to be made so that<br>
the Mythbuntu developers can update the rsyslog configuration in their<br>
packages (and then an Ubuntu user can update the rsyslog config on the<br>
wiki) so that it will just work for Ubuntu users who upgrade.<br>
<br>
So, first, please send the output of:<br>
<br>
ls -ld /var/log/mythtv{,/*}<br>
<br>
and, if you don't mind:<br>
<br>
ls -ld /var/log{,/*}<br>
<br>
and:<br>
<br>
ls -l /etc/rsyslog.d/*myth*<br>
<br>
(I'm assuming you haven't changed any permissions on any of your logging<br>
configuration/log files, right? If so the output from the above<br>
commands should show Ubuntu's "pre-MythTV package" configuration.)<br>
<br>
Then, see the conversation at:<br>
<a href="http://irc.mythtv.org/ircLog/channel/1/2011-09-09:04:16:49/2011-09-09:05:00:52" target="_blank">http://irc.mythtv.org/ircLog/channel/1/2011-09-09:04:16:49/2011-09-09:05:00:52</a><br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Mike<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div>Sorry I got your post after I set the owner to syslog but I changed it back to answer your questions. After changing the owner back to root, I looked at the mythbackend log and it was working, where as it wasn't before but got this in the log:<br>
<br>Feb 7 16:49:48 C2Q mythbackend[29301]: Preview: Encountered problems running '/usr/bin/mythpreviewgen --size 0x0 --chanid 1181 --starttime 20120203210000 --verbose general --loglevel info --syslog local7 --quiet' (128)<br>
<br>Guess that has something to do with the rsyslog. I'm going to run the commands you request based on what changes have transpired.<br><br>
ls -ld /var/log/mythtv{,/*}<br><br>drwxrwsr-x 2 syslog mythtv 4096 2012-01-22 09:20 /var/log/mythtv<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 2039763 2012-01-21 09:17 /var/log/mythtv/jamu.log<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 root mythtv 3455809 2012-02-07 16:54 /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log<br>
-rw-rw-r-- 1 syslog mythtv 181787 2012-02-07 05:40 /var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 william mythtv 4183325 2012-02-07 16:49 /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 syslog mythtv 462332 2012-02-07 00:05 /var/log/mythtv/mythmetadatalookup.log<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 syslog mythtv 2641849 2012-02-07 16:49 /var/log/mythtv/mythpreviewgen.log<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 william mythtv 0 2011-12-29 13:37 /var/log/mythtv/mythwelcome.log<br><br>
ls -ld /var/log{,/*}<br><br>drwxrwsr-x 2 syslog mythtv 4096 2012-01-22 09:20 /var/log/mythtv<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 2039763 2012-01-21 09:17 /var/log/mythtv/jamu.log<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 root mythtv 3455809 2012-02-07 16:54 /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log<br>
-rw-rw-r-- 1 syslog mythtv 181787 2012-02-07 05:40 /var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 william mythtv 4183325 2012-02-07 16:49 /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 syslog mythtv 462332 2012-02-07 00:05 /var/log/mythtv/mythmetadatalookup.log<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 syslog mythtv 2641849 2012-02-07 16:49 /var/log/mythtv/mythpreviewgen.log<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 william mythtv 0 2011-12-29 13:37 /var/log/mythtv/mythwelcome.log<br>william@C2Q:~$ ls -ld /var/log{,/*}<br>drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 2012-02-07 07:44 /var/log<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653 2012-02-05 09:44 /var/log/alternatives.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9815 2012-01-28 17:42 /var/log/alternatives.log.1<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5270 2011-12-31 10:29 /var/log/alternatives.log.2.gz<br>
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 2012-02-05 07:55 /var/log/apache2<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2012-02-01 08:00 /var/log/apt<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 40899 2012-02-07 16:48 /var/log/auth.log<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 111216 2012-02-05 07:39 /var/log/auth.log.1<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 9634 2012-01-29 06:39 /var/log/auth.log.2.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 11687 2012-01-22 07:30 /var/log/auth.log.3.gz<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 11580 2012-01-15 07:39 /var/log/auth.log.4.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 2011-10-12 09:27 /var/log/boot<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1728 2012-02-06 21:37 /var/log/boot.log<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49292 2011-10-12 09:27 /var/log/bootstrap.log<br>-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 0 2012-02-01 08:00 /var/log/btmp<br>-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 0 2012-01-01 07:36 /var/log/btmp.1<br>
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2012-02-01 08:00 /var/log/ConsoleKit<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2012-02-07 07:44 /var/log/cups<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-12-30 14:57 /var/log/dbconfig-common<br>
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2012-01-21 09:57 /var/log/dist-upgrade<br>-rw-r----- 1 root adm 63461 2012-02-06 21:37 /var/log/dmesg<br>-rw-r----- 1 root adm 65328 2012-02-07 12:34 /var/log/dmesg.0<br>
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16013 2012-02-05 10:44 /var/log/dmesg.1.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16235 2012-02-04 16:23 /var/log/dmesg.2.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16585 2012-02-04 16:21 /var/log/dmesg.3.gz<br>
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16329 2012-02-04 10:11 /var/log/dmesg.4.gz<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178373 2012-02-07 05:18 /var/log/dpkg.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 471058 2012-01-31 08:28 /var/log/dpkg.log.1<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124333 2011-12-31 10:29 /var/log/dpkg.log.2.gz<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32064 2012-01-28 17:42 /var/log/faillog<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2652 2011-12-29 12:57 /var/log/fontconfig.log<br>
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-10-12 09:27 /var/log/fsck<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-09-23 17:38 /var/log/gdm<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-12-29 11:57 /var/log/installer<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-12-30 07:36 /var/log/jockey.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112045 2011-12-30 07:36 /var/log/jockey.log.1<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2204504 2012-02-07 16:49 /var/log/kern.log<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1794190 2012-02-05 06:41 /var/log/kern.log.1<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 188154 2012-01-29 06:20 /var/log/kern.log.2.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 37864 2012-01-21 13:53 /var/log/kern.log.3.gz<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 21866 2012-01-14 15:30 /var/log/kern.log.4.gz<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 292584 2012-01-28 17:42 /var/log/lastlog<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-12-29 13:04 /var/log/lightdm<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-12-29 12:01 /var/log/mail.err<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-12-29 12:01 /var/log/mail.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-12-29 13:01 /var/log/mcc.log<br>
drwxr-s--- 2 mysql adm 4096 2011-12-29 12:59 /var/log/mysql<br>-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 2011-12-29 12:59 /var/log/mysql.err<br>-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 2012-02-07 07:44 /var/log/mysql.log<br>
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-02-06 07:55 /var/log/mysql.log.1.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-02-05 07:56 /var/log/mysql.log.2.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-02-04 12:44 /var/log/mysql.log.3.gz<br>
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-02-03 07:54 /var/log/mysql.log.4.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-02-02 08:04 /var/log/mysql.log.5.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-02-01 08:00 /var/log/mysql.log.6.gz<br>
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2012-01-31 07:38 /var/log/mysql.log.7.gz<br>drwxrwsr-x 2 syslog mythtv 4096 2012-01-22 09:20 /var/log/mythtv<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-12-29 12:01 /var/log/news<br>
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 2011-09-02 13:42 /var/log/ntpstats<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65731 2012-02-06 21:38 /var/log/pm-powersave.log<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70494 2012-01-30 10:28 /var/log/pm-powersave.log.1<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 944 2012-01-01 07:11 /var/log/pm-powersave.log.2.gz<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-12-29 12:37 /var/log/pycentral.log<br>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2012-02-05 07:56 /var/log/samba<br>
drwx------ 2 speech-dispatcher root 4096 2011-06-05 21:30 /var/log/speech-dispatcher<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 374179 2012-02-07 16:49 /var/log/syslog<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 971752 2012-02-07 07:44 /var/log/syslog.1<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 92927 2012-02-06 07:55 /var/log/syslog.2.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 122309 2012-02-05 07:56 /var/log/syslog.3.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 127067 2012-02-04 12:44 /var/log/syslog.4.gz<br>
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 49206 2012-02-03 07:54 /var/log/syslog.5.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3810 2012-02-02 08:04 /var/log/syslog.6.gz<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2532 2012-02-01 08:00 /var/log/syslog.7.gz<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283806 2012-02-06 21:37 /var/log/udev<br>-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-12-29 12:01 /var/log/ufw.log<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-07-19 09:51 /var/log/unattended-upgrades<br>
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 110976 2012-02-07 16:48 /var/log/wtmp<br>-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 124800 2012-01-30 14:28 /var/log/wtmp.1<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23635 2012-02-06 21:38 /var/log/Xorg.0.log<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24385 2012-02-06 21:35 /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old<br><br>
ls -l /etc/rsyslog.d/*myth*<br><br>william@C2Q:~$ ls -l /etc/rsyslog.d/*myth*<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1353 2012-01-20 18:40 /etc/rsyslog.d/40-mythtv-rsyslog.conf<br><br>Hopefully this helps.<br>