Upon more investigation, it seems that the default rsyslog configuration is incorrect for ec2:
/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf:
daemon.*;mail.*;\ news.err;\ *.=debug;*.=info;\ *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
Upon more investigation, it seems that the default rsyslog configuration is incorrect for ec2:
/etc/rsyslog. d/50-default. conf:
daemon.*;mail.*;\
*.=debug; *.=info; \
news.err;\
*.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole