[Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

[Kenyon Ralph]

On 2011-12-01T09:20:27-0000, "alligator424 at free.fr" <459730 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Same problem in 10.04 64 bit.
> I tried something: I added "touch /dev/xconsole" in
> /etc/gdm/Init/Default at the beginning of the file.
> 
> It seems to solve the issue,
> 
>  though I am not sure it is a good thing to proceed as well.

The best thing to do is to comment out the lines referencing
/dev/xconsole in the rsyslog configuration file, if you don't use
xconsole. Like this:

#daemon.*;mail.*;\
#        news.err;\
#        *.=debug;*.=info;\
#        *.=notice;*.=warn      |/dev/xconsole

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Kenyon Ralph

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Title:
  rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

Status in “rsyslog” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: rsyslog

  Looks like this was missed in the move to upstart.

  This function was called in init.d/rsyslog start:

  create_xconsole() {
          if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]
          then
                  mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
                  chown root:adm /dev/xconsole
                  [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon /dev/xconsole
          fi
  }

  I can't find any reference to it now. If this is old school then it should be re
  moved from the config.

  rsyslog:
    Installed: 4.2.0-2ubuntu5

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