Manually remove syslog plugin

[kdsmith]

I'm running 1.1.6. Accidentally upgraded recently when I let Webmin do its thing. Now, I'm trying to get stuff fixed and used to new things.

I tried to get syslog to work. It complains that my settings plugin is missing. So, I worked to try and get that plugin running, then I found a post on here somewhere saying the settings plugin is now built in. So I apparently botched the install of the latest syslog plugin. I tried replacing it with the old plugin so I could uninstall it. That doesn't work. Uninstalling the newer one doesn't seem to work either.

I have a ridiculous amount of syslogs that have been stored in the Cacti DB for a very long time. I don't really need to keep them.

What is the best method of manually removing the syslog plugin and starting over again with it?

Thanks,
Kevin

[kdsmith]

Extreme move, but I deleted everything in the cacti database with "syslog" attached to it. That freed up a ton of space. My syslog_incoming table was huge.

Then, deleted the syslog directory under /usr/share/cacti/plugins/. That seemed to get rid of the plugin.

I then copied the latest syslog back under plugins and tried to install it, but now I get a popup error of "Error: Please rename your config.php.dist file in the syslog directory, and change setup your database before installing".

There must be a flag somewhere that says I'm not using the Cacti dB, because I was thinking the plugin install would create the database files. I renamed that file and it didn't matter either way. Still got the popup error.

Any one have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Kevin

[cigamit]

Did you follow the directions and rename config.php.dist to config.php ?