diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd
index e0fa7a8..dcbc81e 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/sysklogd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
 
 pidfile_syslogd=/var/run/syslogd.pid
-pidfile_klogd=/var/run/syslogd.pid
+pidfile_klogd=/var/run/klogd.pid
 binpath_syslogd=/sbin/syslogd
 binpath_klogd=/sbin/klogd
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslog.conf b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslog.conf
index 795d735..7d1858c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslog.conf
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslog.conf
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ mail.err			/var/log/mail.err
 
 # Logging for INN news system
 #
-news.crit			/var/log/news/news.crit
-news.err			/var/log/news/news.err
-news.notice			-/var/log/news/news.notice
+news.crit			/var/log/news.crit
+news.err			/var/log/news.err
+news.notice			-/var/log/news.notice
 
 #
 # Some `catch-all' logfiles.
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
index 0b84dac..d4eea41 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ do_install () {
 pkg_preinst_${PN} () {
 	# all this is needed to avoid sysmlink errors,
 	# because update-rc.d runs before pkg_postinst
-	if [ -e ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog -a ! -L ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog ]; then
+	if test "x$D" != "x"; then
+		ETC=$D/${sysconfdir}
+	else
+		ETC=${sysconfdir}
+	fi
+
+	if [ -e $ETC/init.d/syslog -a ! -L $ETC/init.d/syslog ]; then
 		echo "WARNING:" "non symlink ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog exist -> backup to ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog.old"
-		mv ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog.old
+		mv $ETC/init.d/syslog $ETC/init.d/syslog.old
 	fi
-	if [ ! -e ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog ]; then
-		ln -s dummy ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog
+	if [ ! -e $ETC/init.d/syslog ]; then
+		ln -s dummy $ETC/init.d/syslog
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd_1.5.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd_1.5.bb
index 187c9f4..b58094e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd_1.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd_1.5.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require sysklogd.inc
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e053094e8103165f98ddafe828f6ae4b"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6169b8e91d29288e90404f01462b69e7f2afb1161aa419826fe4736c7f9eb773"
