*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 318689 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318689
On 12.04 open dconf-editor and go to org.gnome.gnome-system-log, logfiles are defined here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481706 Title: gnome-system-log reports various files not found in Karmic when upgraded from Jaunty Status in “gnome-utils” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When I start gnome-system-log via System --> Administration --> Log file viewer (or run gnome-system-log from the terminal) I get various file not found errors in the application: Could not open the following files: /var/log/auth.log.0: Error stating file '/var/log/auth.log.0': No such file or directory /var/log/btmp: You don't have enough permissions to read the file. /var/log/daemon.log.0: Error stating file '/var/log/daemon.log.0': No such file or directory /var/log/debug.0: Error stating file '/var/log/debug.0': No such file or directory /var/log/syslog.0: Error stating file '/var/log/syslog.0': No such file or directory /var/log/user.log.0: Error stating file '/var/log/user.log.0': No such file or directory /var/log/messages.0: Error stating file '/var/log/messages.0': No such file or directory /var/log/kern.log.0: Error stating file '/var/log/kern.log.0': No such file or directory The files are in fact non existent. This doesn't happen when I run "gksudo gome-system-log", it also doesn't happen on fresh Karmic installs (only if upgraded from Jaunty) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Nov 13 04:12:06 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: vmnet vmci vmmon nvidia Package: gnome (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: meta-gnome2 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+bug/481706/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp