Re: how to generate kernel message for testing

2012-09-11 Thread IMAP List Administration
On 09/03/2012 03:08 AM, Ted Unangst wrote: On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 02:44, IMAP List Administration wrote: I haven't seen anything in /var/log/kern since it's been running (days). Is there some way to generate a test kernel message ala logger(1)? If not, how about a harmless way to get the

how to generate kernel message for testing

2012-09-02 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello, I've replaced syslogd with syslog-ng. I have the following config for kernel messages: source kernel { file(/dev/klog program_override(kernel: )); }; destination kern { file(/var/log/kern); }; log { source(kernel); destination(kern); }; Perhaps someone can comment on the

Re: how to generate kernel message for testing

2012-09-02 Thread Ted Unangst
On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 02:44, IMAP List Administration wrote: I haven't seen anything in /var/log/kern since it's been running (days). Is there some way to generate a test kernel message ala logger(1)? If not, how about a harmless way to get the kernel to report an error? plug something