56. Common Observations, Q&A, etc

#1      - SYSLOG:       Many users notice that they get "--MARK--" messages in their SYSLOG files.
                        Why?

                A:      This is a feature of SYSLOG to let you know that its still working, though
                        it has nothing to report.  If you don't like this behavior (or it was 
                        automatically enabled via a RPM update, etc), edit its loading to be something
                        like "syslogd -m 0"

                                Redhat: edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog file

                                Slackware:      edit the /etc/rc.d/rc1.inet file


#2      - SYSLOG:       Many users notice that they sometimes get the following message:

                        "May  2 04:02:21 rocko kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
                        May  2 04:02:21 rocko kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map
                        May  2 04:02:22 rocko kernel: Loaded 4253 symbols from /boot/System.map.
                        May  2 04:02:22 rocko kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.0.36.
                        May  2 04:02:22 rocko kernel: No module symbols loaded."

                        What is this from?

                A:      This is from Redhat's "logrotate" program restarting the SYSLOG service.  No 
                        worries.. this is normal.