Err, sorry, I meant the URI opens perfectly.
--M@
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:14 PM, M@ <matthew.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, the filename opens perfectly in a browser. I've tried it both with
> a patternlayout and with the xmllayout, the xmllayout never says Connected
> in zero conf. Right now I'm using a complete copy and paste of the config
> file you put in SO.
>
> I do see a receiver listed, and I can right click to tell it I'd like to
> see trace, but that's all I can get it to do. Restarting the receiver
> doesn't seem to do anything. Double clicking does nothing.
>
> --M@
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> When Chainsaw starts you don't need to give it a config, as the config
>> will be generated once the advertisement is discovered.
>>
>> If you have a row in ZeroConf with your appender name, that's great.
>>
>> Maybe the advertiseURI in your log4j appender configuration is wrong?
>> Copy and paste that into a browser to see if it opens your log file.
>> If not, you need to put in the right URI for your log file and restart
>> the app..and maybe Chainsaw..not sure if updates to advertisements
>> work - haven't tried it.
>>
>> Also, are you using a patternlayout? You need to
>> (VFSLogFilePatternReceiver doesn't support XMLLayout).
>>
>> You should see a receiver defined in the receiver window...if it's not
>> showing anything it's because the advertiseURI you provided wasn't
>> quite right.
>>
>> On 5/10/13, M@ <matthew.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Right, I followed you, I'm using it in my app, what I meant was when
>> > Chainsaw starts it asks me if I want to open a log4j config file so I
>> > select the one the app is using and click Ok. I hadn't notice this
>> before
>> > because my window was too small, but at the status bar at the bottom it
>> > tells me the result of that was {}.
>> >
>> > Good call, I did have the jmdns line commented out in the classpath from
>> > last night's debugging, so that's back in, and now zeroconf is much
>> closer
>> > to working. The only remaining problem is that although the zeroconf
>> tab
>> > says Connected no tab has popped up. Double clicking the row toggles it
>> > between Connected ant Not Connected, but I can't see any of the messages
>> > that should be streaming in. Giving the receiver a level doesn't seem
>> to
>> > fix it either. Any idea what the problem is?
>> >
>> > Also it seems that one of the restarts has fixed the horizontal resizing
>> > issue I'd been seeing.
>> >
>> > --M@
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> So a couple of things - the config I posted was a Log4j2 config to use
>> >> on the appender side. Make sure your app is using that appender
>> >> configuration.
>> >>
>> >> This allows Chainsaw to begin parsing and tailing your log file
>> >> without you having to tell Chainsaw about the fileappender
>> >> configuration.
>> >>
>> >> Once you have started your app that is using the appender
>> >> configuration I provided, just open the 'zeroconf' tab in Chainsaw.
>> >> You should see a row with your appender's name (assuming you added
>> >> jmdns to the classpath for the app using the fileappender
>> >> configuration).
>> >>
>> >> You can click 'autoconnect' if you'd like to always start Chainsaw
>> >> with this configuration if it is available. Next, just double-click
>> >> on the row and Chainsaw will start parsing and tailing your log file
>> >> - assuming the advertised URL your used in your file appender
>> >> configuration is accessible by Chainsaw (looks like you are working
>> >> locally with Chainsaw and your fileappender, so file:// paths will
>> >> work fine).
>> >>
>> >> On 5/10/13, M@ <matthew.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Thanks for the quick response! I pulled down your custom build and
>> >> > it's
>> >> > definitely fixed some things (notably the "please load a config file"
>> >> intro
>> >> > screen), but I'm still not getting it.
>> >> >
>> >> > I pointed chainsaw at the config file you posted on SO but it didn't
>> >> > seem
>> >> > to cause chainsaw to do anything (no recievers defined, zeroconf
>> still
>> >> did
>> >> > nothing). After that I tried opening the log file but it wouldn't
>> >> > open.
>> >> > When I switched the logging format back to XMLLayout chainsaw could
>> >> > manually open it, but it still didn't tail. Could the not tailing be
>> >> > related to the XML format? Is there a more tail-friendly format that
>> >> will
>> >> > open?
>> >> >
>> >> > On an unrelated note, in the new version the horizontal resizing (of
>> >> > the
>> >> > recievers pane and the pane on the other side) seems to be broken,
>> it's
>> >> not
>> >> > really a problem, just a heads up.
>> >> >
>> >> > --M@
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com
>> >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Thanks for posting to the dev list!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've commented on your stackoverflow post. There were a few issues.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Stale docs (sorry)
>> >> >> - No support in Chainsaw V2 for Log4j2 socketappenders yet
>> >> >> - Chainsaw wasn't setting up a 'tailing' log file receiver
>> >> >> configuration for the advertised fileappender
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Those are all fixed, and I commented on the stackoverflow post.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks much!
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 5/10/13, M@ <matthew.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > Hi all, I'm trying to get a basic hello world log message to
>> stream
>> >> >> > from
>> >> >> > log4j2 (beta 5, the binary release as of yesterday) to chainsaw v2
>> >> >> > (also
>> >> >> > the binary release as of yesterday). None of my guesses as to what
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > put
>> >> >> > into log4j2.xml have proven fruitful. I'm also asking this
>> question
>> >> >> > on
>> >> >> > stack overflow (
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16474939/log4j2-to-chainsaw-hello-world-not-working-what-am-i-doing-wrong
>> >> >> )
>> >> >> > if you'd like to get some goodness points in exchange for the
>> answer
>> >> >> > (otherwise I'll copy whatever I get working to there and keep the
>> >> >> goodness
>> >> >> > points for myself).
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > My config file is posted in the SO question, but I'd be just as
>> >> >> > happy
>> >> >> > scrapping the whole thing and pasting in something that ought to
>> >> >> > work,
>> >> >> > whichever is easier. Thanks for your help!
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --M@
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
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