Quote from: Stubo on May 04, 2018, 05:42:57 PM

Quote from: urnzwy on May 04, 2018, 02:51:55 PM

Haha, you and me both.. Straight up driving me crazy.

I had enabled the system restart timer for 720 min / 12 hours yesterday to see if it would restart and not freeze (as it does about every 18 hours). It tried to restart and froze the systems instead.

Created the new directory -

m1@m1-desktop:~$ sudo su -
root@m1-desktop:~# cd /var/log
root@m1-desktop:/var/log# touch test.txt
root@m1-desktop:/var/log# ls test*
test.txt

Ugh. I found this which may be relevant:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/395879/files-in-var-log-are-only-writing-to-file-1-syslog-is-empty-but-not-syslog-1

Can you make sure your log rotate daemon is running:

Code:

m1@Testy:~$ ps -ef |grep rsys
syslog 828 1 0 Apr30 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
m1 22431 22172 0 13:36 pts/22 00:00:00 grep --color=auto rsys

And then post your /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog? Also, what files are in your /var/log dir?

Code:

m1@Testy:~$ ll /var/log
total 2052
drwxrwxr-x 13 root syslog 4096 May 4 07:35 ./
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Oct 9 2017 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 17 08:09 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5119 Dec 17 09:39 alternatives.log.1
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 May 4 07:35 apache2/
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Apr 17 2017 apport.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 08:09 apt/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 73135 May 4 13:33 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 113222 Apr 29 07:30 auth.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1548 Apr 26 08:35 auth.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 6214 Apr 8 07:30 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 7009 Apr 1 07:30 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4099 Apr 30 12:21 boot.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57457 Jul 19 2016 bootstrap.log
-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 384 May 2 12:59 btmp
-rw------- 1 root utmp 384 Apr 3 08:56 btmp.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 10:03 cups/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2016 dist-upgrade/
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 Jul 19 2016 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 17 08:09 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1016 Dec 31 11:45 dpkg.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32032 Oct 26 2017 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4042 Aug 18 2017 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 19 2016 fsck/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1892 Apr 30 12:20 gpu-manager.log
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 10:03 installer/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 389222 May 4 12:51 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 589783 Apr 29 03:22 kern.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 18762 Apr 26 08:31 kern.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 88713 Apr 8 06:48 kern.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 143888 Apr 1 00:23 kern.log.4.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 292292 May 4 13:33 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 1 07:35 lightdm/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 Feb 17 08:09 mail.err
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 140 Feb 17 07:55 mail.err.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1819 Apr 30 18:26 mail.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 330 Apr 29 06:40 mail.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 219 Apr 26 16:32 mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 314 Apr 7 01:07 mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 291 Mar 31 23:49 mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 Apr 30 12:21 prime-offload.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30 Apr 30 12:21 prime-supported.log
drwx------ 2 speech-dispatcher root 4096 Feb 18 2016 speech-dispatcher/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3576 May 4 13:33 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 12788 May 4 07:35 syslog.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2413 May 3 07:35 syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2729 May 2 07:35 syslog.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 104280 May 1 07:35 syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2448 Apr 30 07:35 syslog.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2928 Apr 29 07:35 syslog.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 51881 Apr 28 05:39 syslog.7.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 20 2017 teamviewer12/
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 Dec 17 10:03 unattended-upgrades/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 2016 upstart/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 5760 May 4 13:33 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 84096 Apr 30 15:55 wtmp.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20686 Apr 30 12:21 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21932 Apr 30 12:20 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8774 Apr 26 2017 Xorg.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47236 Aug 13 2017 Xorg.failsafe.log

m1@m1-desktop:~$ ps -ef |grep rsys
syslog 774 1 0 08:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
m1 8535 2790 0 11:04 pts/17 00:00:00 grep --color=auto rsys
m1@m1-desktop:~$ /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog?
bash: /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog?: No such file or directory
m1@m1-desktop:~$ ll /var/log
total 6372
drwxrwxr-x 13 root syslog 4096 May 4 08:09 ./
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 9 13:08 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 01:22 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5119 Dec 17 07:39 alternatives.log.1
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 May 4 07:43 apache2/
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Apr 17 2017 apport.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 1 07:35 apt/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 123439 May 4 11:03 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 70998 Apr 29 07:30 auth.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 19864 Apr 23 07:30 auth.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 8966 Apr 15 07:30 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3062 Apr 9 07:30 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3649 May 4 08:06 boot.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57457 Jul 19 2016 bootstrap.log
-rw------- 1 root utmp 0 May 1 07:35 btmp
-rw------- 1 root utmp 0 Apr 1 07:35 btmp.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 08:03 cups/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2016 dist-upgrade/
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 Jul 19 2016 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 8 09:56 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4135 Dec 20 06:44 dpkg.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32032 Oct 25 2017 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4042 Aug 18 2017 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 19 2016 fsck/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4919 May 4 08:06 gpu-manager.log
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 08:03 installer/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1696023 May 4 10:43 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2234016 Apr 30 18:58 kern.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 454234 Apr 22 07:20 kern.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 194858 Apr 16 07:17 kern.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 4990 Apr 8 07:34 kern.log.4.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 292292 Jan 31 14:39 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 4 07:43 lightdm/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 May 4 08:09 prime-offload.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30 May 4 08:09 prime-supported.log
drwx------ 2 speech-dispatcher root 4096 Feb 18 2016 speech-dispatcher/
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 221063 May 4 11:03 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 480516 May 4 07:43 syslog.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 71338 May 3 10:28 syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 101993 May 2 08:56 syslog.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 70681 May 1 07:35 syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 37431 Apr 30 19:00 syslog.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 8234 Apr 29 07:35 syslog.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 8185 Apr 28 07:35 syslog.7.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 2 09:24 teamviewer12/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 4 07:55 test.txt
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 Dec 17 08:03 unattended-upgrades/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 2016 upstart/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 29952 May 4 08:10 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 137472 Apr 30 22:40 wtmp.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121024 May 4 11:03 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114287 May 4 08:05 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8774 Apr 26 2017 Xorg.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47236 Aug 13 2017 Xorg.failsafe.log
m1@m1-desktop:~$