Description of problem: sosreport does not capture the output of "dmesg" at the time of running the sosreport command. Comparatively, the older commmand sysreport does capture this output. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): sos-1.7-9.2.el5-noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. run sosreport 2. unpack archive 3. look for the "dmesg" file Actual results: not found Expected results: found in the root folder Additional info: I ran a find in a recently received sosreport, and these are the files containing "dmesg" in the filename: $ find . -name "*dmesg*" ./var/log/dmesg ./sos_commands/memory/dmesg_grep_-e_e820._-e_aperature ./sos_commands/hardware/dmesg_.bin.grep_-e_e820._-e_agp ./sos_commands/hardware/dmesg_.bin.egrep_8139cp_aacraid_acenic_ahci_aic79xx_aic7xxx_aic9 ./sos_commands/x11/dmesg_grep_-e_agpgart /var/log/dmesg is not the file I am looking for, as /var/log/dmesg is created at boot and once klogd starts, nothing more is added to this file.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1418.html