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On 09/02/2015 11:48, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hello, Gentoo! |
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> I've pretty much got my new system up and running. It took me less than |
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> a week (compared with the month it took me when I first installed Gentoo |
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> a few years ago). The most time consuming bit was getting my email |
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> server (qmail) going. I've still got to go through my old |
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> /var/lib/portage/world file, and see which packages I had I still want |
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> installed. |
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> However, I don't seem to have a system log. There is no file named |
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> /var/log/syslog, or anything like it. |
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> I've got syslog-ng installed, and "rc-update show" shows that it is |
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> in runlevel default. Indeed, there exists /var/run/syslog-ng.pid and |
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> /var/run/syslog-ng.ctl. But no /var/log/syslog, if that's what the |
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> logfile is indeed called. (The syslog-ng manpages don't make this |
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> clear.) |
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> Do I actually need to configure the name of a log file in |
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> /etc/conf.d/syslog-ng? The Gentoo installation guide didn't mention, or |
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> even hint at, such being necessary. |
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> Clearly, I'm missing something obvious here. What is it? |
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> Thanks in advance for the help. |
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Gentoo defaults to calling it /var/log/messages |
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(it's also constantly tailed on vt12, just in case you need to see |
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what's going on it right now) |
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-- |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |