Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread James Cameron
Ouch. I was looking at what might go into /etc/logrotate.d but had neglected to consider a symlink '*'. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:37:31AM +0200, Jon Nettleton wrote: > Had to take a look at my server to evaluate.  The problem is that in /etc/ > logrotate.d/ there is a symlink '*' pointing to /us

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
sorry cramped typing space. There is a symlink of '*' pointing to /usr/share/xs-config/cfg/etc/logrotate.d/* This must be an error in the image generation script. -Jon On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > Had to take a look at my server to evaluate. The problem is that in

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
Had to take a look at my server to evaluate. The problem is that in /etc/logrotate.d/ there is a symlink '*' pointing to /usr/share/xs On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Anna wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Jon Nettleton > wrote: > >> Does it work if you run /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Anna
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > Does it work if you run /etc/cron.daily/logrotate by hand as root? > Nope: [root@schoolserver] ~ >cd /etc/cron.daily/ [root@schoolserver] cron.daily >./logrotate error: failed to open config file *: No such file or directory error: found e

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
Does it work if you run /etc/cron.daily/logrotate by hand as root? On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Anna wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Jon Nettleton > wrote: > >> What does your /etc/logrotate.conf look like? One option for logrotate >> is to only rotate if the logs have reached

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Anna
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > What does your /etc/logrotate.conf look like? One option for logrotate is > to only rotate if the logs have reached a certain size. > > My understanding was it was supposed to rotate weekly no matter what. [root@schoolserver] ~ >cat /etc/l

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
What does your /etc/logrotate.conf look like? One option for logrotate is to only rotate if the logs have reached a certain size. -Jon On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Anna wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:50 PM, James Cameron wrote: > >> Things to check: >> >> - is crond running? (it is

Re: [Server-devel] Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Anna
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:50 PM, James Cameron wrote: > Things to check: > > - is crond running? (it isn't present by default on OLPC OS) > [root@schoolserver] ~ >systemctl status crond.service crond.service - Command Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; enabled)

Re: [Server-devel] Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread James Cameron
Things to check: - is crond running? (it isn't present by default on OLPC OS) - is logrotate installed? - is /etc/cron.daily/logrotate present? - is /etc/logrotate.d/syslog present? On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:10:39PM -0500, Anna wrote: > Oops, forgot to copy server-devel > > > On Wed, Sep 1

Re: [Server-devel] Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Anna
Oops, forgot to copy server-devel On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Anna wrote: > Was weekly log rotation supposed to be a thing? I thought we talked about > it. > > Here's the XSCE on an XO 1.5, running like a champ for this uptime on > xs-config-0.8.4.260.g5388399-1.noarch > > [root@schoolse

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: XSCE Wiki facelift :)

2013-09-18 Thread James Cameron
I disagree. Put it on a Wiki, wear the edits. Talk on the Wiki about it, not here. The real trouble is too few editors. Not enough people care. If you want to control your content and message, don't do it on the cheap. Get an expert communicator involved. Avoid a Wiki. And I hate one long p

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Wiki facelift :)

2013-09-18 Thread Adam Holt
More and more I've come to appreciate kickstarter pages conducive to exploring community products in 1 long page at your own pace, without a zillion subpages that realistically balkanizes navigability, community efforts, and last but not least edit histories. Just my opinion, influenced by Mike Le

[Server-devel] XSCE Wiki facelift :)

2013-09-18 Thread David Farning
As we get ready for the 0.4 release in a couple of week, I cleaned up the wiki landing page at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition . 1. Every time I went to that page, I was overwhelmed by the quantity of information. To reduce the sensation of facing down a firehose,I shifted most of t

[Server-devel] XSCE 0.5 wiki is open for Editing

2013-09-18 Thread David Farning
Hey all, I just wanted to let everyone know that the XSCE wiki is open for editing at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.5 Historically, I have cut and pasted the previous releases wiki and subpages to the next release number. Then edited as the details were filled in at meetings an