Description of problem: after upgrade to 7.4.0-1 rsyslog eats 100% of cpu, /var/log/messages grows to 300 MB, full with messages dated June-4-2013 (but today is June,14) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 7.4.0-1.fc19 How reproducible every boot Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum update rsyslog 2. reboot Actual results: rsyslog eats 100% of cpu, /var/log/messages grows to 300 MB, full with messages dated June-4-2013 (but today is June,14) Expected results: normal behavior Additional info: yum downgrade rsyslog (to version 7.2.6)closes the problem
Here is part of /var/log/messages: Jun 14 11:57:08 horse-fedora kernel: [ 17.277833] i2c i2c-6: Found a DME1737 c hip at 0x2e (rev 0x8a). Jun 14 11:57:08 horse-fedora kernel: [ 17.286614] dme1737 6-002e: Optional fea tures: pwm3=yes, pwm5=no, pwm6=no, fan3=yes, fan4=yes, fan5=no, fan6=no. Jun 14 11:57:08 horse-fedora kernel: [ 17.290277] dme1737 6-002e: Non-standard fan to pwm mapping: fan1->pwm1, fan2->pwm2, fan3->pwm3, fan4->pwm4. Please repo rt to the driver maintainer. Jun 4 19:24:08 horse-fedora modem-manager[435]: <info> Loaded plugin 'AnyData' Jun 4 19:24:08 horse-fedora modem-manager[435]: <info> Loaded plugin 'SimTech' Jun 4 19:24:08 horse-fedora modem-manager[435]: <info> Loaded plugin 'Gobi' Jun 4 19:24:08 horse-fedora modem-manager[435]: <info> Loaded plugin 'Option' Jun 4 19:24:08 horse-fedora modem-manager[435]: <info> Loaded plugin 'Huawei' Jun 4 19:24:09 horse-fedora modem-manager[435]: <info> Loaded plugin 'Longchee r
Ahother cut from /var/log/messages (attention to date/time) Jun 4 19:24:19 horse-fedora systemd: PID 606 read from file /run/sm-client.pid does not exist. Jun 4 19:24:19 horse-fedora systemd: Started Sendmail Mail Transport Client. Jun 4 14:06:35 horse-fedora colord: device removed: xrandr-Samsung Electric Com pany-SyncMaster-HVDXC55996 Jun 4 14:06:35 horse-fedora colord: Profile removed: icc-6a8810d371888a14b3b22b cba6fa7521 Jun 4 14:06:38 horse-fedora gnome-keyring-daemon[4068]: Gkm: using old keyring directory: /home/constantin/.gnome2/keyrings Jun 4 14:06:38 horse-fedora gnome-keyring-daemon[4068]: Gkm: using old keyring directory: /home/constantin/.gnome2/keyrings Jun 4 14:06:38 horse-fedora gnome-keyring-daemon[4068]: couldn't register in se ssion: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files Jun 4 19:23:42 horse-fedora systemd[1]: systemd 204 running in system mode. (+P AM +LIBWRAP +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ) Jun 4 19:23:42 horse-fedora systemd[1]: Running in initial RAM disk. Jun 4 19:23:42 horse-fedora systemd[1]: Set hostname to <horse-fedora.home.net> . All these messages have appeared in 3-4 minutes after start at 11:57am EEST June,14,2013
downgraded 7.2.6 does not switch date/time
It seems, that it doesn't switch time, it simply repeats the random parts of older logs. The same messages are found in previous /var/log/messages-20130609
I have found an article, describing the same problem: http://www.happyassassin.net/2013/06/14/fedora-1920-logfile-explosions/
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 974132 ***