Darrell,
I think I figured out the "weird logs" problem. I just realized I have
the same problem too, so it made it a little easier to trouble shoot.
Edit this file;
/etc/crontab
At the top of the file, make sure the first 5 lines looks like so:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
TMPDIR=/home/.tmp
HOME=/
I think it is because of the TMPDIR line missing. I am not sure why it
got replaced. By adding it back, and 1 last reboot (just to clear out
everything), it should fix it by the next morning!
-Brian