My console overfloweth with this rot :

message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?

The rate is just silly .. here is what I see when I run 'date' on the
console ( or at least I try ) twice in fairly rapid sequence :

# date
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
Sat Apr  3 01:25:43 GMT 2010
# date
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
Sat Apr  3 01:25:46 GMT 2010
# message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
datmessage overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
emessage overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?

Sat Apr  3 01:25:56 GMT 2010
# damessage overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
te
Sat Apr  3 01:26:00 GMT 2010
# message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?

This renders the console useless and fills up the syslogs.

I can type 'svcs -xv | grep log' in some other xterm and then paste it
into this console session to see :

# svcs -av | grep log
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
legacy_run     -              1:20:54     94 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S94ncalogd
disabled       -              1:18:12      - svc:/system/console-login:vt2
disabled       -              1:18:12      - svc:/system/console-login:vt3
disabled       -              1:18:12      - svc:/system/console-login:vt4
disabled       -              1:18:12      - svc:/system/console-login:vt5
disabled       -              1:18:12      - svc:/system/console-login:vt6
disabled       -              1:18:24      -
svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default
disabled       -              1:21:17      - svc:/network/login:eklogin
disabled       -              1:21:17      - svc:/network/login:klogin
disabled       -              1:21:18      - svc:/network/login:rlogin
disabled       -              1:36:32      -
svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default
online         -              1:20:34     78
svc:/system/console-login:default
online         -              1:20:36     76 svc:/system/system-log:default
# message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?

Also svcs -xv reports no problems anywhere.

Anyone seen this sort of thing given that this is snv_135 and that yes
indeed svc:/system/system-log is running just fine ?

-- 
Dennis

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