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 Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:32 am Post subject: sysklogd: /dev/xconsole: No such file or directory |
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eccerr0r
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, xconsole is an old/ancient X11 application that is like a console that you can dump text to.
Normally /dev/xconsole is a named pipe that the xconsole application will read, and sysklogd will dump text to this named pipe.
You'll have to hack your config files if you're not using this setup. As I don't use this, I have no idea how this is set up, probably in /etc/syslog.conf there's an "xconsole" somewhere that you should rename...
Or you can go old school and set up an xconsole...
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LIsLinuxIsSogood
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:29 am Post subject: |
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Is it too late for a reply? On a long ago subject matter...
This very basic but is the purpose of having such named pipes for tools like the system logging capabilities. I'm using it right now and it's really pretty good.
I think it beats having to switch terminals to see the output to another console.
| Code: | | mkfifo /dev/xconsole |
Then simply make sure the section of your syslog.conf file are uncommented, and then restart the daemon for that process (sysklogd)
If you've already opened up a console window, pointed at the pipe with,
| Code: | $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole
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then you should have immediate logging to the output of the xconsole. Happy logging...thanks by the way when I came across this old post it helped me to discover the need for the pipe when creating the xconsole in this case. |
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GenHeDi
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hello,
Although I followed LIsLinuxIsSogood his instructions, I still get the following error messages:
| Code: | syslogd: unknown priority name
syslogd: /dev/xconsole : no such file or directory |
It mainly appears when I am working in the console and do not have X11 and KDE active.
Does anyone have an idea how I can solve this?
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P.Kosunen
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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/etc/syslog.conf:
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#daemon.*;mail.*;\
# news.err;\
# *.=debug;*.=info;\
# *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole |
I always comment out some lines from syslog.conf, might be those. |
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GenHeDi
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Hello P.Kosunen
Here is a part of my /etd/syslog.conf
| Code: | # The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
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# $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...] original
$ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole
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# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
# busy site..
#
daemon.*;mail.*;\
news.err;\
*.=debug;*.=info;\
*.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
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It is almost the original configuration after installing syslogd. The only changes are according to LIsLinuxIsSogood his instructions.
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GenHeDi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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I have commented following lines out:
| Code: | | $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole |
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daemon.*;mail.*;\
news.err;\
*.=debug;*.=info;\
*.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
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If I understand it correctly the messages will be sent to /dev/xconsole anymore.
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