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var/log/dpkg.log: Bestand of map bestaat niet

Asked by harry de vries

Hello,
when i try to open the log file, file does not exist
what is causing this, have no idea where to look.

any help would be very welcome,
regards, Harry

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Please send us the output of the following command:

ls -lart /var/log

ls is LS but in small letters

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harry de vries (harryenarnolda) said : 		#2

Hallo Mark, dit is mijn output;root@harry-System-Product-Name:/home/harry# ls -lart /var/log
totaal 7164
drwxr-xr-x 2 speech-dispatcher root 4096 2010-08-12 08:10 speech-dispatcher
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-08-26 18:51 unattended-upgrades
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-27 17:30 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-10-07 17:58 fsck
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 2010-10-07 17:58 boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-10-07 17:58 pycentral.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41260 2010-10-07 17:58 bootstrap.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2010-12-11 14:44 mail.warn
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2010-12-11 14:44 mail.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2010-12-11 14:44 mail.info
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2010-12-11 14:44 mail.err
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-12-11 14:44 news
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2774 2010-12-12 10:18 jockey.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4326 2010-12-29 17:12 alternatives.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97042 2010-12-29 17:12 dpkg.log.10.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-01-29 13:52 dbconfig-common
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1734 2011-01-29 13:53 alternatives.log.9.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14372 2011-01-29 13:54 dpkg.log.9.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 322 2011-02-13 09:46 aptitude.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-02-14 04:32 aptitude
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3985 2011-02-14 04:32 jockey.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2911 2011-02-15 07:57 jockey.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1560 2011-02-28 22:33 alternatives.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13651 2011-02-28 22:34 dpkg.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9364 2011-03-25 19:03 dpkg.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1100 2011-03-25 19:03 alternatives.log.7.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 146 2011-04-03 09:00 lpr.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1107 2011-04-03 17:52 vbox-install.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26086 2011-04-05 19:12 jockey.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-04-05 19:12 jockey.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 184 2011-04-09 09:39 lpr.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 16651 2011-04-09 09:40 debug.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 226 2011-04-21 19:08 lpr.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 447 2011-04-21 19:10 user.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 15278 2011-04-21 19:10 debug.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 14619 2011-04-21 19:15 daemon.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 106787 2011-04-21 19:15 messages.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 714 2011-04-23 07:50 lpr.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16075 2011-04-23 21:03 Xorg.1.log.old
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 7944 2011-04-25 14:19 debug.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 7652 2011-04-25 14:19 daemon.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 229 2011-04-25 14:28 user.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 47211 2011-04-25 14:32 messages.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-04-25 14:32 lpr.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 23457 2011-04-29 18:40 debug.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 146 2011-04-29 18:42 user.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1825 2011-04-29 19:06 alternatives.log.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 4769 2011-05-01 04:04 daemon.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 13946 2011-05-01 07:35 messages.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-05-01 07:35 debug
drwxr-s--- 2 mysql adm 4096 2011-05-02 07:35 mysql
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20669 2011-05-02 17:17 dpkg.log.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 126 2011-05-02 17:52 user.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1902 2011-05-02 17:57 messages.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 10791 2011-05-02 17:57 daemon.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-05-08 08:05 user.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-05-08 08:05 messages
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-05-08 08:05 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6666 2011-05-29 11:07 alternatives.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 133282 2011-05-30 20:26 dpkg.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-06-04 11:26 MountManager.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2087 2011-06-25 11:04 alternatives.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14346 2011-06-25 11:04 dpkg.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 749 2011-07-01 12:12 pm-powersave.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18044 2011-07-08 14:26 Xorg.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 727 2011-08-15 09:29 pm-powersave.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 516 2011-08-15 09:55 alternatives.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7350 2011-08-15 09:55 dpkg.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2525 2011-08-19 12:40 ufw.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 535 2011-08-20 11:20 alternatives.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7158 2011-08-20 14:00 dpkg.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1319 2011-08-25 18:09 ufw.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 620 2011-09-01 20:00 ufw.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 699 2011-09-02 14:09 pm-powersave.log.2.gz
-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 20 2011-09-02 14:31 btmp.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 281996 2011-09-08 14:43 ufw.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 271 2011-09-08 14:49 gufw_log.txt
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2011-09-11 08:22 ufw.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41 2011-09-12 15:05 popularity-contest.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28616 2011-09-12 15:07 popularity-contest.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9183 2011-09-23 12:53 pm-suspend.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8404 2011-09-23 16:45 alternatives.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 173050 2011-09-23 22:48 dpkg.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3727 2011-09-25 13:39 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 90267 2011-09-25 13:43 kern.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29288 2011-09-26 18:27 popularity-contest.1.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 7832 2011-10-01 10:06 wtmp.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69386 2011-10-01 10:06 pm-powersave.log.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-10-01 10:25 apt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-10-01 10:25 ConsoleKit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-10-01 10:25 pm-suspend.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 72663 2011-10-05 17:20 kern.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1754 2011-10-05 17:39 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 57892 2011-10-09 04:13 kern.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2832 2011-10-09 04:23 auth.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107322 2011-10-10 17:36 popularity-contest.0
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-14 15:51 mysql.log.7.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 19088 2011-10-15 12:39 syslog.7.gz
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-15 12:41 mysql.log.6.gz
-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 1152 2011-10-16 09:01 btmp
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 815445 2011-10-16 09:09 kern.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 37365 2011-10-16 09:17 syslog.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 47011 2011-10-16 09:17 auth.log.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 clamav clamav 4096 2011-10-16 09:24 clamav
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-16 09:25 mysql.log.5.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-10-16 09:25 samba
drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 2011-10-17 16:58 gdm
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 20014 2011-10-17 17:17 syslog.5.gz
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 2011-10-17 17:19 apache2
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-17 17:19 mysql.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107946 2011-10-17 17:20 popularity-contest
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1190 2011-10-18 07:35 syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-18 07:35 mysql.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1324 2011-10-19 07:39 syslog.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24024 2011-10-19 11:38 faillog
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 292292 2011-10-19 11:38 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-10-19 11:41 installer
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-19 11:45 mysql.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 2011-10-19 11:45 mysql.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42532 2011-10-19 11:59 alternatives.log
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2011-10-19 12:00 dist-upgrade
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-10-19 12:01 lightdm
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 13297 2011-10-19 19:34 dmesg.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 13362 2011-10-20 08:46 dmesg.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2828 2011-10-20 08:57 fontconfig.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 86064 2011-10-20 09:09 syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 2011-10-20 09:09 mysql.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1795705 2011-10-20 09:48 dpkg.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 13682 2011-10-20 22:45 dmesg.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 291180 2011-10-21 07:39 syslog.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-10-21 07:40 cups
drwxr-s--- 2 Debian-exim adm 4096 2011-10-21 07:40 exim4
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 2011-10-21 07:40 mysql.log
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2011-10-21 10:34 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 13361 2011-10-21 12:29 dmesg.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 51154 2011-10-21 12:32 dmesg.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18249 2011-10-21 12:58 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 52367 2011-10-21 13:28 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211282 2011-10-21 13:28 udev
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3492 2011-10-21 13:28 boot.log
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2011-10-21 13:28 .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51666 2011-10-21 13:28 pm-powersave.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 853312 2011-10-21 13:29 kern.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18162 2011-10-21 13:38 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 355660 2011-10-21 14:39 syslog
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2011-10-21 14:50 tvmobili
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 93215 2011-10-21 14:50 auth.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 170496 2011-10-21 14:50 wtmp
root@harry-System-Product-Name:/home/harry#

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

There you go:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1795705 2011-10-20 09:48 dpkg.log

The file does exist in /var/log, not in var/log.

Maybe there was a typing mistake? ;-)

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harry de vries (harryenarnolda) said : 		#4

Welcome to Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686)

 * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
harry@harry-System-Product-Name:~$ /var/log/dpkg.log
bash: /var/log/dpkg.log: Toegang geweigerd
harry@harry-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo /var/log/dpkharry@harry-System-Product-Name:harry@harry-System-Product-Name:~$
[sudo] password for harry:
sudo: /var/log/dpkg.log: command not found
harry@harry-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo/var/log/dpkg.log
bash: sudo/var/log/dpkg.log: Bestand of map bestaat niet
harry@harry-System-Product-Name:harry@harry-System-P

0*$ bash harry@harry-System-Product-Name 192.168.1.6 Menu:<F9>
 U Ubuntu 11.10 ^956kbps v28kbps 9! 1h13m 0.10 2x.8GHz 2.0GB,37% 2011-10-21 19:11:

Mark, still no output from /var/log/dpkg.log

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

The problem is that you are not using any correct commands there.

sudo/var/log/dpkg.log is not a valid command

sudo /var/log/dpkg.log is also not a valid command

The right command is

gksudo gedit /var/log/dpkg.log

Notice the space between gksudo and gedit

There is also a space between gedit /var/log/dpkg.log

If you leave out the spaces or leave out the crucial command gedit, then the command is invalid and you get the errors you had before...

You cannot use sudo with graphical interfaces like gedit. sudo is used in combination with Terminal applications like nano, vi, etc....

gksudo is used for escalating privileges for graphical programs like gedit.

For more info about graphical sudo (gksudo) and sudo, please read this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

sudo is NOT a command in itself. It escalates privileges for OTHER commands.

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harry de vries (harryenarnolda) said : 		#6

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.