Hi Mattias, hi List, I am running this on Linux... and I solved the problem (with a workaround).
What confused me the whole time was that there were three files for the same purpose in the conf directory: log4j.properties, logback.xml, logging.properties (the first two aren't used - I am using 1.3 advanced - could they go away?). To make matters worse, even neo4j-wrapper.conf has some logging related settings. And then there are 'settings' in the neo4j executable about whether the startup should wait for success messages from the server. I am pretty sure this line from logging.properties wasn't there in 1.3.M5, because I didn't have a whole lot of console logging before: handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler When I switched it to handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler most of the logging ouput in the console went away, but the process for some reason still held on to the console. E.g., when I do a 'neo4j dump' the result is shown in the original console. I have not yet been able to find out, where I can make the server fully detach. The workaround for me is to explicitly pipe the neo4j command's output to a file. Cheers Stephan PS: here is my logging.properties: # Global logging properties. # ------------------------------------------ # The set of handlers to be loaded upon startup. # Comma-separated list of class names. # (? LogManager docs say no comma here, but JDK example has comma.) handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler # Default global logging level. # Loggers and Handlers may override this level .level=INFO # Loggers # ------------------------------------------ # Loggers are usually attached to packages. # Here, the level for each package is specified. # The global level is used by default, so levels # specified here simply act as an override. org.neo4j.server.level=INFO # Handlers # ----------------------------------------- # --- ConsoleHandler --- # Override of global logging level java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=INFO java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.filter=org.neo4j.server.logging.NeoLogFilter # --- FileHandler --- # Override of global logging level java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=ALL # Naming style for the output file: # (The output file is placed in the directory # defined by the "user.home" System property.) java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=data/log/neo4j.%u.log # Limiting size of output file in bytes: java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=50000 # Number of output files to cycle through, by appending an # integer to the base file name: java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=1 # Style of output (Simple or XML): java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 03:13, Mattias Persson <matt...@neotechnology.com>wrote: > Are you running this on Windows? Because that's the expected behaviour > on that OS. What you really want to do is to install the service and > then you can start/stop it as you'd expect. Try > > bin\Neo4j install > > and then you can do > > bin\Neo4j start > > 2011/4/19 Stephan Hagemann <stephan.hagem...@googlemail.com>: > > Hello group, > > > > I just realized that since upgrading to Neo4j 1.3 my deployment is > broken. > > It seems to be due to the fact that when starting up, the server does not > > return to a prompt (I noticed this locally also - I need to press enter > to > > get the prompt). Vlad (the deployment script) thus probably assumes that > the > > startup is not yet finished. I have played with the startup options in > the > > neo4j executable, but to no avail. Is anyone else experiencing this or > has > > some ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > Stephan > > _______________________________________________ > > Neo4j mailing list > > User@lists.neo4j.org > > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > > > > > > -- > Mattias Persson, [matt...@neotechnology.com] > Hacker, Neo Technology > www.neotechnology.com > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > User@lists.neo4j.org > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list User@lists.neo4j.org https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
