Ok, I stoped rsyslog apt-get removed the 5.3.7 package, installed the 5.4.0 package:
r...@logs:/opt# aptitude show rsyslog Package: rsyslog State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 5.4.0-1 Priority: extra Section: extra Maintainer: [email protected] Uncompressed Size: 3047k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) Description: enhanced multi-threaded syslogd commented out the lines from rsyslog.conf: #daemon.*;mail.*;\ # news.err;\ # *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole and restarted rsyslog: r...@logs:/opt# /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart Stopping enhanced syslogd: rsyslogd. Starting enhanced syslogd: rsyslogd. I'll get back to you in about an hour. Thanks, Ralph Michael Biebl wrote: > 2010/3/28 Ralph Crongeyer <[email protected]>: > >> I'm running Debian Lenny on both machines. >> > > >> Is anyone else seeing high cpu loads with 5.4.0? >> >> > > I can confirm his (on Debian unstable) and already notified Rainer > about this particular issue. > Some preliminary testing here seems to indicate it's an issue with pipes. > > When I removed > daemon.*;mail.*;\ > news.err;\ > *.=debug;*.=info;\ > *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole > > from my rsyslog.conf, I could no longer reproduce the problem. > > Would be interesting to know, if you can confirm this. > > Cheers, > Michael > > -- Reminds me of my expedition into the wilds of Afghanistan. We lost our corkscrew and were compelled to live on food and water for several days. - WC Fields _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com

