Ubuntu
rsyslog package

  1. Bug #459730
  2. Comment #41

Comment 41 for bug 459730

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George Van Tuyl (gvantuyl) wrote :

Wait stop indie (alanlitster) on 2011-02-03: has the fix except the mknod needs a masage.

sudo service rsyslog stop

sudo mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole c 1 3

sudo chown syslog:adm /dev/xconsole

sudo service rsyslog start

Verify it is working with reload as well

sudo service rsyslog reload

sudo tail /var/log/messages

Feb 23 16:01:27 A-Server rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="4.2.0" x-pid="5825" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] rsyslogd was HUPed, type 'lightweight'.

George Van Tuyl