syslogd 1.5.0#1ubuntu1: restart (who is restarting my compy?)

[madhusker]

Just installed 8.04.1 on a Dell 5150 workstation and updated it. I am getting random reboots. And no, it's not hardware because gentoo runs fine on it. Trying to migrate to ubuntu but this makes it hard. Anyone know how to shut this off?

Sep 3 14:34:36 foo syslogd 1.5.0#1ubuntu1: restart.

# uname -a
Linux foo 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 22:56:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[firfin]

Hi Husker,
If with random is somewhere from a couple of minutes to hours then I am experiencing the same problem as you with ubuntu 8.04.1 I have completely different hardware setup though. Self-built system based on a Asus P5K motherboard.
So far I haven't found any useful answers. The hardware runs fine with a dualboot winxp so I don't think that's a problem.
messages and syslog don't show anything for a couple of minutes before the 'ubuntu1: restart' notice

Except for one thing, it has been suggested it might be related to acpi/suspend issues. So when I get home tonight I am gonna try disabling those. I will let you know how it goes.
( FYI administration -> services -> power management ( apmd & acpid ) )

[djp3]

I was having this problem on an HP rack mounted server and it required me to have my systemboard replaced.

No problems since then.

[thepocketwade]

That isn't your computer restarting. That's syslogd restarting, it will do that after log rotation every morning (or whenever your rotation runs). There's nothing to worry about, though if you feel the need to stop that log from appearing you can stop log rotation, but that will lead to your log files ballooning in size.

[CGH]

hi, i've been having the same problem, the only thing i could get as an error was:
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org.apache.commons.modeler.Registry registerComponent SEVERE: Error registering Catalina:t
ype=Valve,name=StandardContextValve,path=/jsp-examples,host=localhost javax.management.MBeanException: Cannot instantiate ModelMBean of class org.apache.comm
ons.modeler.BaseModelMBean ^Iat org.apache.commons.modeler.ManagedBean.createMBean (ManagedBean.java:385) ^Iat org.apache.commons.modeler.Registry.registerCom
ponent(Registry.java:835) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.register Valve(StandardPipeline.java:302) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipel
ine.start(StandardPipeline.java:234) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Sta ndardContext.java:4140) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBa
se.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$0(Co ntainerBase.java:744) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.Contai
nerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java: 144) ^Iat java.security.AccessController.d
May 15 12:54:32 dell-desktop jsvc.exec[5923]: talina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.j ava:738) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(
StandardHost.java:544) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescr iptor(HostConfig.java:626) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDe
scriptors(HostConfig.java:553) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps( HostConfig.java:488) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(
HostConfig.java:1138) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEv ent(HostConfig.java:311) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLife
cycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1022) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.s
tart(StandardHost.java:736) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1014) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Sta
ndardEngine.java:443) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Sta ndardService.ja
May 15 12:54:32 dell-desktop jsvc.exec[5923]: rver.start(StandardServer.java:700) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalin a.java:552) ^Iat sun
.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ^Iat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39) ^Iat sun.reflect.
DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMeth odAccessorImpl.java:25) ^Iat java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) ^Iat org.apache.catalina.star
tup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) ^Iat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method) ^Iat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Nat
iveMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) ^Iat sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) ^Iat java.lang.reflect.Method.invok
e(Method.java:597) ^Iat org.apache.commons.daemon.support.DaemonLoader.sta rt(DaemonLoader.java:177) Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access d
enied (java.io.FilePermission /usr/share/tomcat5.5-webapps/jsp-examples/WEB-INF/classes/logg
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but i don't use tomcat, maybe that's the error

Saludos!

[paulororke]

I'm seeing the same thing. If that line about syslog is not about the system restart it must be the first thisng recorded in /var/log/messages after the restart

Dec 8 21:01:32 wss-vmserv-01 -- MARK --
Dec 8 21:21:32 wss-vmserv-01 -- MARK --
Dec 8 21:41:32 wss-vmserv-01 -- MARK --
Dec 8 22:01:32 wss-vmserv-01 -- MARK --
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 syslogd 1.5.0#1ubuntu1: restart.
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.24-19-server
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: Loaded 28734 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.24-19-server.
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.24.
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: Loaded 14437 symbols from 58 modules.
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Dec 8 23:11:58 wss-vmserv-01 kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.24-19-server (buildd@yellow) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)) #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:44:47 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-19.34-server).......

This machine is an Ubuntu 8.04 home built.