In the upstream gnome bug report, TJ commented: > The cause seems to be a user profile that has been upgraded from an older > distro release, where the contents of /var/log/ haven't been inherited. It can > also happen where multiple release installations share a common /home/$USER/.
However, I see this behavior with an entirely fresh install of jaunty into a test vm, where the user was entirely created from scratch. 'gconftool-2 -g /apps/gnome-system-log/logfiles' reports: [/var/log/cups/error_log,/var/log/XFree86.0.log,/var/log/Xorg.0.log,/var/log/cron,/var/log/maillog,/var/log/secure,/var/log/sys.log,/var/log/messages,/var/log/debug,/var/log/news/news.notice,/var/log/news/news.err,/var/log/news/news.crit,/var/log/mail.err,/var/log/mail.warn,/var/log/mail.info,/var/log/user.log,/var/log/mail.log,/var/log/lpr.log,/var/log/kern.log,/var/log/daemon.log,/var/log/syslog,/var/log/auth.log] which also misses useful stuff like the wpa_supplicant log. -- gnome-system-log attempts to open bogus/inexistent logfiles https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
