----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:51:17 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm.log file doesn't rotate
> On Tuesday 13 Apr 2004 06:47, Angus Auld wrote:
> > Greetings, I am wondering why the file /var/log/kdm.log
> > isn't being rotated on my system? It seems to have been
> > left out of /etc/logrotate.conf or /etc/logrotate.d for
> > rotation. Why the oversight?
> >
> > I have been watching it grow to 2MB, and finally just
> > deleted it and created a new one. It will continue to grow,
> > unless I tell logrotate to take care of it.
> > Question: Where should I specify that it be handled?
> > I see a section at the very end of /etc/logrotate.conf
> > where one can add system specific logs, and also in
> > /etc/logrotate.d/syslog there are lots of log files listed
> > for rotation. Where should I add an entry for this errant
> > kdm.log file??
> >
> > TIA for any feedback on this.
> > Best regards.
> >
> > --Angus
> >
>Derek did reply thusly:
> Hmm Yes it looks as if logrotate is missing out the kdm log.
>
> Try creating a file /etc/logrotate.d/kdm with the contents
> /var/log/kdm.log {
> notifempty
> missingok
> weekly
> }
>
>
> Derek
> *****************************************************************
Thank you Derek for your reply. I have made the
suggested /etc/logrotate.d/kdm file as per your
instructions. Did I discover a small oversight in
execution here?
Also, I am wondering if there is something I can
do to reduce the messages being written to
kdm.log?
This file on my system consists of a lot of lines
of the following type of info, being repeated each time I
boot my system:
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Symbol map for key <ESC> redefined
> Using last definition for conflicting fields
> Warning: Symbol map for key <TLDE> redefined
> Using last definition for conflicting fields
> Warning: Symbol map for key <AE01> redefined
> Using last definition for conflicting fields
> Warning: Symbol map for key <AE02> redefined
> Using last definition for conflicting fields
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
/bin/bash: line 1: /usr: is a directory
Thanks again. Best regards.
--Angus
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around
in awareness." -- James Thurber
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