gnome-system-log unable to open most log files
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-utils (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-utils
Starting gnome-system-log results in a window with "Could not open the following files:" at the start, followed by most of the log files. The first two for example are as follows:
/var/log/
/var/log/lpr.log.1: Error stating file '/var/log/
Indeed, the files do not exist. So, why is system-log looking for them?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-system-log 2.32.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 10 00:29:18 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XsessionErrors:
(process:2861): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
(process:4791): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
| Mannex (russ-mannex) wrote | #1 |
| Mannex (russ-mannex) wrote | #2 |
The problem here is that a system restoration was made from a backup, and the two OS versions were different. In the process, the default ~/.gconf/
cp ~/.gconf/
gedit ~/.gconf/
gksudo gedit /root/.
Having both versions of the file open in the editor, I copied root's listing of which files to open and pasted them over the settings in my .xml file. A reboot later, and all is well.
This should be re-evaluated as NOTABUG.