Re: netconsole problem

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Sun Feb 12 2006 - 13:15:34 EST


On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:23:23PM +0100, JaniD++ wrote:
> Hello, list,
>
> I have a little problem, with netconsole.
> It does not work for me.
>
> On the "client":
>
> modprobe netconsole netconsole=@/,514@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> dmesg:
> netconsole: local port 6665
> netconsole: interface eth0
> netconsole: remote port 514
> netconsole: remote IP 192.168.2.100
> netconsole: remote ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> netconsole: local IP 192.168.2.50
> netconsole: network logging started
>
> (kernel: 2.6.15-rc5, and 2.6.16-rc1,2)
>
> On the server:
> ]# netcat -u -l -v -s 192.168.2.100 -p 514
> 192.168.2.100: inverse host lookup failed: Unknown host
> listening on [192.168.2.100] 514 ...
>
> And nothing comes.
>
> The firewall is off on both system.
> The ping comes from any direction.
>
> If i try the remote and local syslog, it works well, two.
> And in this case, the netlog only displays what the syslog is sends.
>
> What can be the problem?

Perhaps your console log level is set too low. Fedora for instance is
very quiet by default.

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