[systemd-devel] Why doe I not see the logging with -u

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 09:22:46AM +0100, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I made a first setup to make a service for the H2 database. I made
> the folowing service file:
>     [Unit]
>     Description=H2 Database
> 
>     [Service]
>     Type=simple
>     ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -cp
> /home/cecil/java/h2/bin/h2-1.3.174.jar org.h2.tools.Console -tool
> -tcp
>     Restart=always
>     User=cecil
> 
>     [Install]
>     WantedBy=multi-user.target
> 
> After starting and stopping I got with ‘journalctl -u h2’:
>     -- Logs begin at Tue, 2013-11-19 06:24:51 CET, end at Sat,
> 2013-12-14 09:15:01 CET. --
>     Dec 13 11:37:40 Equus.Decebal.nl java[20909]: Web Console server
> running at http://127.0.0.2:8082 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:37:40 Equus.Decebal.nl java[20909]: TCP server running
> at tcp://127.0.0.2:9092 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:42:21 Equus.Decebal.nl java[20975]: Web Console server
> running at http://127.0.0.2:8082 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:42:21 Equus.Decebal.nl java[20975]: TCP server running
> at tcp://127.0.0.2:9092 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:42:59 Equus.Decebal.nl java[21031]: Web Console server
> running at http://127.0.0.2:8082 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:42:59 Equus.Decebal.nl java[21031]: TCP server running
> at tcp://127.0.0.2:9092 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:43:06 Equus.Decebal.nl java[21068]: Web Console server
> running at http://127.0.0.2:8082 (only local connections)
>     Dec 13 11:43:06 Equus.Decebal.nl java[21068]: TCP server running
> at tcp://127.0.0.2:9092 (only local connections)
>     lines 1-9/9 (END)
> 
> But ‘journalctl | grep h2’ gives:
>     Dec 13 11:38:22 Equus.Decebal.nl systemd[1]: h2.service: main
> process exited, code=exited, status=143/n/a
>     Dec 13 11:38:22 Equus.Decebal.nl systemd[1]: Unit h2.service
> entered failed state
>     Dec 13 11:42:32 Equus.Decebal.nl systemd[1]: h2.service: main
> process exited, code=exited, status=143/n/a
>     Dec 13 11:42:32 Equus.Decebal.nl systemd[1]: Unit h2.service
> entered failed state
>     Dec 13 11:43:03 Equus.Decebal.nl systemd[1]: h2.service: main
> process exited, code=exited, status=143/n/a
>     Dec 13 11:43:03 Equus.Decebal.nl systemd[1]: Unit h2.service
> entered failed state
> 
> Should I not see that with the first command, or am I overlooking something?
You should. Can you show the output of 'journalctl -o verbose' corresponding
to both types of message above?

And for good measure, the output from
SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug journalctl -u h2 2>&1 >/dev/null|grep 'Journal filter'

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