[Dxspider-support] 2 problems witn a fresh install on Fedora 19

Tom wb8zrl at southslope.net
Thu Oct 3 03:35:01 BST 2013


On Wednesday, October 02, 2013 09:34:03 pm Alan D. Snyder wrote:
> Dirk
> 
> I installed a fresh spider on Fedora 19 and ported some user specific
> data from our older Fedora (FC6?) .  All works very well in the new
> installation except for two problems,
> 
> First - all traffic are logged BOTH in /spidr/data/debug/2013/day    AND
> ALSO appended to /var/log/messages
> 
> Spider is launched as shown below in the 'ps' command output
> 
> [root at spider spider]# ps axfj | grep  cluster
>      1   843   843   838 ?           -1 S        0   0:00 sudo -u
> spideradmin -b /spider/perl/cluster.pl > /dev/tty7
>    843   844   843   838 ?           -1 S      501   0:44  \_
> /usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl > /dev/tty7
> [root at spider spider]#
> 
> have also tried > /dev/null
> and
> 
>  > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> but same results, appending entries to /var/log/messages as well as
> writing the /data/debug files ....
> 
> how can I prevent /var/log/messages from having spot traffic appended?
It looks like you are running spider under root.  A violation of the prime directive.  
Perhaps running as root writes to the /var/ file


> 
> 
> 
> 
> Second problem -  In earlier Fedora, we had a perfectly functional AX25
> addon.  With the new Fedora 19, I cannot make AX25 work. Copying over
> /etc/ax25/* which used to work no longer works. Rewrote our
> /etc/init.d/ax25 launcher but no joy there.  Seems like nothing works.
> Have you heard of this problem?  How do you recommend I isolate exactly
> what's failing.
> 
> The node supports 100+ users during contests and more than 40 users
> routinely.  The new box is a serious i5 on an Intel MOBO with
> appropriate add on kit.
> 
> Thank you, as always ....
> 
> Alan KF3B




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