The sd-journal sd_journal_seek_cursor function doesn't work in F17's systemd-44 (returns -EINVAL), due to the missing of a fix from upstream (v193 +): commit be3ea5eaf24f4507efe88b450f751da860a9d21c Author: Lennart Poettering <lennart> Date: Thu Sep 27 23:28:54 2012 +0200 sd-journal: properly parse cursor strings Please backport this into f17.
systemd-44-24.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-44-24.fc17
Package systemd-44-24.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-44-24.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-2564/systemd-44-24.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
systemd-44-24.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.