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lateralus01
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 Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: [Solved] How do I check syslog-ng messages? |
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I'm following the Gentoo Power Management Guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml
It tells me to see if what I did is working by checking syslog messages:
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Give it a try: Plug AC in and out and watch syslog for the "Switching to AC mode" or "Switching to battery mode" messages. See the Troubleshooting section if the script is not able to detect the power source correctly.
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I installed syslog-ng a while ago but I don't know where the logs are or how to check them to see if it's working.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Lateralus01
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timeBandit
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Unless you've reconfigured syslog (and judging by your question, I'd say you haven't yet) the majority of system messages should be written to /var/log/messages. An ordinary user will not have permission to read this file because logs can divulge sensitive information about a system. You must become root to view it--again, unless/until you reconfigure syslog.
There's a lot of good information on this subject on the (unofficial) Gentoo Wiki.
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lateralus01
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| timeBandit wrote: | Unless you've reconfigured syslog (and judging by your question, I'd say you haven't yet) the majority of system messages should be written to /var/log/messages. An ordinary user will not have permission to read this file because logs can divulge sensitive information about a system. You must become root to view it--again, unless/until you reconfigure syslog.
There's a lot of good information on this subject on the (unofficial) Gentoo Wiki. |
thanks timeBandit |
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deathcon1
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Another tip is this
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Can be VERY useful if soemthing isn't behaving as expected.[/code] |
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nixnut
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Other Things Gentoo.
Not about getting gentoo installed, so moved here.
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