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Bring back sylog to Knoppix 7.
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I don't know why Klaus K doesn't leave us with syslog and a decent log viewer.
So I always put them back.
If you can't imagine using syslog then don't bother with this.
You can always see a text screen tail of syslog at alt-F12; BUT learn how to get
back to graphics before you check that out.
If you want sylog and a nice viewer, here's how to get them:
First, as root, you need to add a line just below the /dev/tty12 line
of /etc/syslog-knoppix.conf:
Code:
*.*;auth,authpriv.none /var/log/syslog
(use a tab to space these two strings)
Second, you need to edit the command line of the menu item
Main Menu>System Tools>Log File Viewer
just add sudo at the front of 'pkexec...'.
Now when you click on Log File Viewer you get a nice display of syslog.
There are two additional free benefits.
1. You get an Xorg.0.log; and
2. You may get some static about auth.log, mail.log and (I forget what).log.
I got rid of this spam by creating three empty files in /var/log with these names,
then when I called-up the Log File Viewer, these showed up on the left as bookmarks.
I used File>Close to remove each of these bookmarks.
I've not been bothered since.
I suppose I should close the three empty files sometime or other.
This is not much to pay for such a nice viewer and syslog available in hard copy form.
Last edited by utu; 06-06-2012 at 02:14 AM.
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