[mythtv-users] syslog

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/08/2013 01:50 PM, Andréas Kühne wrote:
> It's good to be thorough! I don't mind the suggestion, because it is 
> probably something I have overlooked. I know that the other server is 
> receiving messages, because I do get some messages to that server, 
> however not all messages. When I have the *.* @10.0.27.44 
> <http://10.0.27.44> row in place, I get standard syslog messages, but 
> nothing from mythlogserver. If I replace the "default" settings for 
> mythtv logging with:
>
> if $syslogfacility-text == 'local7' and $programname startswith 'myth' 
> then @10.0.27.44 <http://10.0.27.44>
> & ~
>
> I get some messages from mythlogserver itself, but not any messages 
> from mythbackend. I have also tried:
> if $syslogfacillity-text == 'local7' and $msg startswith ' myth' then 
> @10.0.27.44 <http://10.0.27.44>
> & ~
>
> Nothing of this works, I just don't get anything on the remote server...

Again, if using the simple rsyslog configuration file for mythtv, it 
will prevent you from sending messages to a remote server because it 
explicitly writes the messages to local files then drops the message.

You need to modify--or remove--the mythtv rsyslog configuration.

Mike