[X-Unix] Time Warp Hits System Logs

[Richard Hartman]

On Apr 1, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

>
> On 2008 Apr, 01, at 16:37, Richard Hartman wrote:
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>> How in blazes can the logs go completely silent for so long with no  
>> observable operational consequences? Has anyone here seen such  
>> behavior? Should I be concerned? I am really, really confounded by  
>> this.
>
> If this is Mac OS 10.5, I would add that I too have started  
> "imagining" weird things in the new and improved Console for  
> Leopard.  Example: I do something which should create a log entry,  
> look in Console.app, clear out the "Filter" field and see nothing.   
> Reload.  Sometimes that brings up the expected entry.  Other times,  
> I wait 2 minutes, reload again, and it appears.
>

Yes, OS 10.5.2 on an intel iMac. Although I can't prove it since I did  
a reboot, Eric Christ has convinced me that my recent bizarre episode  
was probably caused by syslogd taking a powder...

>> Note: This is NOT an April Fool's joke (unless somebody at Apple  
>> programmed this log silence to mess with terminal noobs).
>
> It's just not repeatable enough to be sure that I'm not imagining it  
> just yet.
>

I have to admit to noticing some other sporadic console weirdness, but  
had also chalked it up to my imagination.

Richard