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

[Andreas Jonsson]

This issue still exists on Ubuntu 13.10. It was mentioned above that the
message in /var/log/syslog  is just a warning, and can be ignored, but
note that the syslog actually speaks of an "error":

Dec  9 04:14:00 xxxx rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
Dec  9 04:14:00 xxxx rsyslogd-2124: CONFIG ERROR: could not interpret master config file '/etc/rsyslog.conf'. [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2124 ]

Not easy for a regular user to know what errors are serious and which
ones are not.  Would be better if syslog messages were clear on this.

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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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