omrb ~ # /etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart * Stopping syslog-ng ... * start-stop-daemon: no pid found in `/var/run/syslog-ng.pid' [ ok ] WARNING: the match() filter without the use of the value() option is deprecated and hinders performance, please update your configuration; * Starting syslog-ng ... WARNING: the match() filter without the use of the value() option is deprecated and hinders performance, please update your configuration; syslog-ng: Error creating pid file; file='/var/run/syslog-ng.pid', error='Permission denied' so syslog-ng was started but init script failed Portage 2.2.0_alpha60 (hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.0.3-hardened x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.0.3-hardened-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i3_CPU_540_@_3.07GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p10 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.2.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.5-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.3-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.39 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo aidecoe betagarden Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -mtune=native -mfpmath=sse -msse4" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -mtune=native -mfpmath=sse -msse4" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs candy distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles fixpackages metadata-transfer news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -mtune=native -mfpmath=sse -msse4" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--hash-style=gnu,--sort-common,--as-needed" LINGUAS="ru en" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="xz" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/aidecoe /var/lib/layman/betagarden" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl amd64 apache2 audit bash-completion berkdb bzip2 caps cli cracklib crypt curl cxx device-mapper dri gdbm git gpm hardened iconv iproute2 ipv6 ithreads justify ldap logrotate lzma milter mmx mudflap multilib mysql ncurses netlink nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pax_kernel pcre perl plugins pppd python readline resolvconf session spell sse sse2 ssl subversion sysfs syslog tcpd threads unicode urandom vhosts vim vim-pager vim-syntax xattr xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" APACHE2_MPMS="worker" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog apache bind cpu cpufreq disk entropy hddtemp iptables logfile mysql netlink network ntpd protocols sensors tail unixsock" DRACUT_MODULES="crypt lvm syslog caps" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="ru en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="account chaos condition delude dhcpmac fuzzy geoip iface ipmark ipp2p ipset ipv4options length2 logmark lscan pknock psd quota2 rawnat steal sysrq tarpit tee checksum echo gradm" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Reproducible: Always
# /etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Stopping syslog-ng ... [ ok ] * Starting syslog-ng ... [ ok ] Works fine for me. Attach your config files and the init.d script you're using please.
reopen with that info please.
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Well. I cannot reproduce this anymore so may be we can close it?
ok, please reopen if you have more information.