Bugzilla – Bug 12041
OSX: Need method to start server with logging, without need for command line box
Last modified: 2011-05-24 11:17:02 UTC
If the server starts and crashes, we don't have an easy way to capture that log. We need one. Unless the new button/link to the server log will display a server log even if the server crashed. Michael?
What logging would you need the most?
This case is entirely about the server log, to gather information about what caused the crash.
If SC is able to log, then it does this already. Or do you have to enable some additional logging options to get what you want? If so: which options?
We don't add any flags besides "--debug server". If that flag is already assumed in the logs, then maybe you're right and we're done? Just so I understand: * if you start the server and it runs for 30 mins and then crashes, we'll have a log of some kind. I think that's clear. * if instead you start the server and it _immediately_ crashes, will we have a log to view? This is the case where currently our only option is running via command-line and capturing that information from terminal or a DOS box. What do you think?
Would it make sense to enable this logging when running SC in failsafe mode?
I think so, yes. The goal really is to capture some log so either Support or Engineering can determine the failure. Whatever we can do have that tool available would be ideal. Per my question in comment #4, if it crashes immediately is the log empty?
> Per my question in comment #4, if it crashes immediately is the log > empty? Depends why and at what exact point it crashes: if it's gone before logging is initialized (eg. missing/incompatible modules), then the log will be empty. --d_startup might help in this case.
Just making sure Matt is cc'ed on all of these, per his email request.
Starting in failsafe mode will now add logging options to detect startup failure (Windows only). For my notes: On OSX we'll either have to extend Launcher.m or call the server-start.sh script from the PrefPane directly. We then can add the parameters needed.
change 27857 - add log set popup to OSX prefpane
Oops... wrong bug closed.
== Auto-comment from SVN commit #28254 to the slim repo by michael == == https://svn.slimdevices.com/slim?view=revision&revision=28254 == Bug: 12041 +0.5 Description: re-arrange startup options to better fit localized screens
this is an administrative shuffle on priority fields to help make better judgment on the top end of the priority list. P4->P5, P3->P4, and P2->P3.
I'm sorry, applying new targeting guidelines
lowering priority due to "wontfix"