bootloogd does'nt work in 9.04

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Tom H wrote:
>>> How to enable boot messages logging?
>>> Enabling BOOTLOGD in /etc/default/syslogd does'nt work in
>>> 9.04.
>>> I'm trying to solve some init scripts upstart problems and
>>> need a copy of
>>> all messages sent to the console. Bootlogd seems to be the
>>> answer but
>>> apparently the bootlogd program is'nt installed.
>>> I've seen some workarounds to install it and some comments
>>> on why it is'nt  installed
>>> But still I would like to ask all the experts here - what
>>> would be the best way tol solve
>>> this problem?
>>>        
>    
>> I think bootlogd has been disabled in Ubuntu for the last
>> several issues. I have asked about this same problem and AIR,
>> the only reply was that it was disabled and can't be made to
>> work.  I would like to get bootlogd working so if you find out
>> how, please let me and the list know the solution. Regarding
>> your info needed to troubleshoot, you can probably find all the
>> boot messages outputs in /var/log/syslog, dmesg and /var/log/messages,
>> debug and kernel logs. Not a nice solution but most, if not all,
>> info should be there.
>>      
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/howto-workaround-broken-upstart-boot-logging-746468/
>
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All well and good but:  Solution requires compiling and in my opinion, 
Ubuntu should fix it without requiring non-geek types like me to compile
a solution for what I have considered normal output for any OS.  There 
was mention of a non-compiled solution, if I understood correctly,
from a link withing your reference.  It seems a bootlogd_2.86.02.tar.gz 
<http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11578525/bootlogd_2.86.02.tar.gz>was 
shown in the link by Sergei Ivanov <https://launchpad.net/%7Esvivanov>  
and I read it all via Ark but
not any info where to put it or any details of what to do.  So, I didn't 
feel safe in trying to use the so-called non-compiled solution.  Whether
Ubuntu uses sysv or upstart, it seems that something in the nature of 
bootlogd is needed and appropriate to be there. Just my $.02.