Hi,

On a ubuntu box (which uname -a print is given below) i cant see the
/var/log/messages file ? I havent seen this on a linux installation
before so where is the system logging done till now?

Regards


uname -a
Linux 2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 02:45:36 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux

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On 19 June 2012 09:52, a bv <vbavbalist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On a ubuntu box (which uname -a print is given below) i cant see the
> /var/log/messages file ? I havent seen this on a linux installation
> before so where is the system logging done till now?

/var/log/syslog? Or are those not the messages you are looking for?

Colin

>
> Regards
>
>
> uname -a
> Linux *2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 02:45:36 UTC 2009
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 19 June 2012 09:52, a bv <vbavbalist@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On a ubuntu box (which uname -a print is given below) i cant see the
>> /var/log/messages file ? I havent seen this on a linux installation
>> before so where is the system logging done till now?
>
> /var/log/syslog? *Or are those not the messages you are looking for?
>
> Colin

Or perhaps /var/log/messages

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On 19 June 2012 20:47, William Scott Lockwood III <vladinator@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 19 June 2012 09:52, a bv <vbavbalist@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On a ubuntu box (which uname -a print is given below) i cant see the
>>> /var/log/messages file ? I havent seen this on a linux installation
>>> before so where is the system logging done till now?
>>
>> /var/log/syslog? *Or are those not the messages you are looking for?
>>
>> Colin
>
> Or perhaps /var/log/messages

That is empty for me (and apparently non-existent for the OP). Ubuntu 12.04.

Colin

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On 06/19/2012 01:52 AM, a bv wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On a ubuntu box (which uname -a print is given below) i cant see the
> /var/log/messages file ? I havent seen this on a linux installation
> before so where is the system logging done till now?
>
> Regards
>
>
> uname -a
> Linux 2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 02:45:36 UTC 2009
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1773423
[11.04 Natty - No /var/log/messages ?!]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/762505/comments/8
[Outdated in Natty, please merge from Sid ]

Would have been nice if they mentioned this in the release notes:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/ReleaseNotes>
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/ReleaseNotes>
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes>



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NoOp wrote:
> On 06/19/2012 01:52 AM, a bv wrote:
> > uname -a
> > Linux 2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 02:45:36 UTC 2009
> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1773423
> [11.04 Natty - No /var/log/messages ?!]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/762505/comment
> s/8 [Outdated in Natty, please merge from Sid ]

That was the first thing I thought of as well, but I don't think that
natty (11.04) would use a Kernel 2.6.28 from 2009. Actually it should be
2.6.38-something. Therefore I suppose there is another problem.


Nils

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On 06/19/2012 03:47 PM, William Scott Lockwood III wrote:

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Colin Law<clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:

On 19 June 2012 09:52, a bv<vbavbalist@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

On a ubuntu box (which uname -a print is given below) i cant see the
/var/log/messages file ? I havent seen this on a linux installation
before so where is the system logging done till now?


/var/log/syslog? Or are those not the messages you are looking for?

Colin


Or perhaps /var/log/messages



There isn't one there by default. You have to go through some gyrations
to have it running again. It can work, as I have mine working again.
Just google for the solution, it's posted all over the place. Ric



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On 06/19/2012 09:03 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 06/19/2012 01:52 AM, a bv wrote:
>> > uname -a
>> > Linux 2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 02:45:36 UTC 2009
>> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1773423
>> [11.04 Natty - No /var/log/messages ?!]
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/762505/comment
>> s/8 [Outdated in Natty, please merge from Sid ]
>
> That was the first thing I thought of as well, but I don't think that
> natty (11.04) would use a Kernel 2.6.28 from 2009. Actually it should be
> 2.6.38-something. Therefore I suppose there is another problem.
>
>
> Nils
>

Ah. Good catch - that is a Jaunty 9.04 (EOL) kernel.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/i386/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-server



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