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

[johnnyb0y]

$ cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa

$ uname -a
Linux R2D2 4.4.0-138-generic #164~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 5 08:56:16 UTC 
2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Syslog contents showing error:

Oct  4 12:35:31 R2D2 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="7.4.4" 
x-pid="13023" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com;] exiting on signal 15.
Oct  4 12:35:31 R2D2 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="7.4.4" 
x-pid="13803" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com;] start
Oct  4 12:35:31 R2D2 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 104
Oct  4 12:35:31 R2D2 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Oct  4 12:35:31 R2D2 rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole': 
No such file or directory [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

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

[Andrey--k]

k--andrey@kandrey:/tmp$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS \n \l

k--andrey@kandrey:/tmp$ uname -a
Linux kandrey.kitsoft.kiev.ua 4.13.0-38-generic #43~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 
14 17:48:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Apr 27 12:12:41 kandrey rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe
'/dev/xconsole':: No such file or directory [v8.16.0 try
http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

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

[Tom Maher]

Wow, eight years and this is still a bug on Xenial. This is bordering on
incompetence

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

[Paul Belanger]

This is not fixed in Xenial, rsyslog.postinst will still install
50-default.conf, which is packaged to also include /dev/xconsole still.

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

[Thomas Schweikle]

/dev/xconsole isn't created if it isn't there. If /dev/xconsole exists
it is not taken to output logs as given in
/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf.

Creating /dev/xconsole and changing user:group doesn't help. service
rsyslog restart doesn't have access to this pipe. It doesn't matter if
apparmore is active or not. The reported error is in all cases the same:

Jun 13 15:25:59 nc158-muc rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe 
'/dev/tty12': Permission denied [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
Jun 13 15:25:59 nc158-muc rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe 
'/dev/xconsole': No such file or directory [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

# ls -la /dev/tty
crw--w 1 root tty 4, 12 Jun 13 15:18 /dev/tty12

/dev/xconsole is destroyed every reboot.

If xconsole is installed /dev/xconsole should be created and used by
rsyslog. If /dev/tty12 is configured to printout all logs it should be
used by rsyslog if at least groups match!

# grep syslog /etc/group
tty:x:5:syslog

# ps axu | grep syslog
syslog5886  0.0  0.0 257916  1260 ?Ssl  15:25   0:00 rsyslogd

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

[dino99]

This has been fixed with:

rsyslog (8.14.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Remove logging to /dev/xconsole from the default rsyslog configuration.
It is a rarely used feature and causes rsyslog to repeatedly retry if
there is noone reading from /dev/xconsole. Instead ship the configuration
as example files and add instructions to README.Debian how one can
re-enable support for xconsole. (Closes: #745492, #783687)
  * Remove section about sysklogd from README.Debian, sysklogd is not really
relevant anymore nowadays.
  * Ship an example file for logging to the console on tty8 which can be
dropped into /etc/rsyslog.d instead of having it as comment in
/etc/rsyslog.conf.

 -- Michael Biebl   Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:11:11 +0100

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
   Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
   Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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

[Paul Crawford]

This is still present in the development branch for 16.04

Jan 19 17:53:23 ubuntu rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe
'/dev/xconsole':: No such file or directory [v8.14.0 try
http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

System information:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
Release:16.04

$ apt-cache policy rsyslog
rsyslog:
  Installed: 8.14.0-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 8.14.0-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 8.14.0-2ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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

[Jared Fernandez]

** Tags added: xenial

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

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** Tags added: x86-64

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

[Martin]

Related? https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/612900

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

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** Tags added: wily

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

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

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** Tags removed: lucid

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

[California Robert]

Also 15.04:

---
Jul  5 16:00:16 Kermit rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe 
'/dev/xconsole': No such file or directory [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

** Tags added: vivid

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

[Thiago Martins]

This bug is still present in Ubuntu 14.04!

---
May  2 20:50:16 vstuaa-2 rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd 
swVersion=7.4.4 x-pid=20463 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] start
May  2 20:50:16 vstuaa-2 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 104
May  2 20:50:16 vstuaa-2 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
May  2 20:50:16 vstuaa-2 rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe 
'/dev/xconsole': No such file or directory [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
---

I'm running Trusty on a KVM Virtual Machine, installed from CD, using
the Minimul Virtual Machine flavor.

Come on guys, 6 years and still no fix for this issue? WTF???!!!

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

[Ken Sharp]

** Tags added: i386 precise

** Tags added: lucid

** Tags added: utopic

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

[vak]

the bug is still in Ubuntu 14.10.

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

[dino99]

Vivid feedback (booted with systemd):

both /dev/console  /dev/xconsole exist but with different settings:
- dev/console  owned by root/root
- dev/xconsole  owned by root/admin

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

[Hans-Joachim Kliemeck]

bug is still present on trusty. any progress on this issue?

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

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

It simplifies software contents, bug fixing or development.

** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided = High

** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

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** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
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[Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

[flickerfly]

Since the config for xconsole output in rsyslog has survived despite
broken for over 5 years now, I suggest removing that from the default
config will reduce confusion and clearly create no new problems. Those
wanting it have had to actively repair this for 5 years and shouldn't
have trouble adding the additional config into
rsyslog.d/50-default.conf.

No harm is done by this solution and the operating system becomes a bit
more friendly and polished.

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

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** Tags added: trusty

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[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  rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' 
[try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
Dec  9 04:14:00  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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[Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

[Andreas Jonsson]

Please disregard from comment #45. I had an unrelated issue which
produced the CONFIG ERROR in my syslog. Still get the Could not open
output pipe '/dev/xconsole' message though.

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

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

[Peter Lemieux]

Having just encountered this on a copy of 12.04 Server running on a
virtual machine, I endorse Kenyon Ralph's approach in post 33 above.  I
don't intend to run X on this machine, so it's easiest to comment out
the part at the end of /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf that pipes some
output to /dev/xsession.

I think the server version of this file should have the pipe to xsession
disabled by default.  Ubuntu Server doesn't ship with a version of X so
the current 50-default.conf file conflicts with the basic configuration
of the distribution.

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

[Scott Moser]

For what its worth, this bug is just a warning.
If you see these messages in /var/log/rsyslog, you can safely ignore them.
They are simply rsyslog saing that /dev/xconsole does not exist, and then going 
on with life.  This happens on perfectly functioning systems.

If your system crashes and these are the last messages in that log it is
because the last thing written was when rsyslog started, and the crash
logged nothing there.

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

[Nathan Stratton Treadway]

Scott,

There are two issues discussed in this bug:

1) rsyslog emits a Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole'  warning
message message when it starts up, because /dev/xconsole doesn't exist.

2) after the daily log-rotation cron job, one's xconsole window suddenly
goes dead.


You are correct that issue #1 is just a warning message; this situation can 
also be corrected easily by commenting out the xconsole section of the 
rsyslog config file.

Issue #2 is caused by the fact that a /dev/xconsole file (one that does
exist) can be readable by rsyslog while it's still running as root
during initial startup, but not when it tries to reopen the log files
after a reload syslog.

This second issue does cause actual trouble, at least for those of us
who would like to actually use xconsole to monitor our logs.  I'm not
sure the proper fix for this condition, but it does seem worthwhile
for the affected Ubuntu packages to work together to allow the
xconsole application to work as intended.

(One could argue these two issues should have separate LP bugs... but
when David opened LP: #612900 related to issue #2, it got marked as a
duplicate of this one)

Nathan

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

[George Van Tuyl]

Wait stop indie (alanlitster) on 2011-02-03:  has the fix except the
mknod needs a masage.

sudo service rsyslog stop

sudo mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole c 1 3

sudo chown syslog:adm /dev/xconsole

sudo service rsyslog start

Verify it is working with reload as well

sudo service rsyslog reload

sudo tail /var/log/messages

Feb 23 16:01:27 A-Server rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd
swVersion=4.2.0 x-pid=5825 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] rsyslogd
was HUPed, type 'lightweight'.

George Van Tuyl

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

[scw]

On a box upgraded from 10.10 - 11.04 - 11.10, I also have this
problem, and it causes my machine to crash -- I have multiple entries in
my syslog in which this is the last message before my system crashes:


Feb  3 23:21:26 grickle-grass rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd 
swVersion=5.8.1 x-pid=546 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] start
Feb  3 23:21:26 grickle-grass rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Feb  3 23:21:26 grickle-grass rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Feb  3 23:21:26 grickle-grass rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe 
'/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
Feb  3 23:21:26 grickle-grass kernel: [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys 
cpuset

This was causing my machine to crash one or more times a day. I've
commented out the relevant block in the /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
and things seem to be OK, but this would be a great bug to quash
directly.

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

[stephen bond]

Sergio,
does it lead to freezing or its just a message in the syslog?



 From: Sergio Callegari sergio.calleg...@gmail.com
To: stephen.cb...@yahoo.com 
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:49 AM
Subject: [Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole 
 
My oneiric also complaining at

rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try
http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

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

[Sergio Callegari]

My oneiric also complaining at

rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try
http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

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

[stephen bond]

so, how can I find out what is causing my freezing? 11.10 unusable for 2 weeks 
now.
there is no other message after that in the syslog.

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

[Kenyon Ralph]

On 2011-12-06T17:55:34-, stephen bond 459...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
 q on comment #33 from kralph:
 
 which file exactly is that? I have 11.10 frozen and not usable for a week now 
 and nobody is answering my post in general help and I am not the only one. 
 and if the solution is known why isn't there an automatic patch or at least a 
 sticky as a known bug in general help??

The file is /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf. This error message won't
cause crashes or freezes or anything, it's just an informational
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[Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

[stephen bond]

q on comment #33 from kralph:

which file exactly is that? I have 11.10 frozen and not usable for a week now 
and nobody is answering my post in general help and I am not the only one. 
and if the solution is known why isn't there an automatic patch or at least a 
sticky as a known bug in general help??

thanks everybody.

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

[mark cunningham]

Dec  6 00:41:58 hostname kernel: imklog 5.8.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Dec  6 00:41:58 hostname rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd 
swVersion=5.8.1 x-pid=524 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] start
Dec  6 00:41:58 hostname rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Dec  6 00:41:58 hostname rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Dec  6 00:41:58 hostname rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe 
'/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l


:~$ uname -rvi
3.0.0-12-virtual #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 18:19:02 UTC 2011 x86_64


Amazon cloud server. Caused server to crash and reboot. Not sure if related

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

[alligator...@free.fr]

Same problem in 10.04 64 bit.
I tried something: I added touch /dev/xconsole in /etc/gdm/Init/Default at 
the beginning of the file. 

It seems to solve the issue,

 though I am not sure it is a good thing to proceed as well.

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

[Kenyon Ralph]

On 2011-12-01T09:20:27-, alligator...@free.fr 459...@bugs.launchpad.net 
wrote:
 Same problem in 10.04 64 bit.
 I tried something: I added touch /dev/xconsole in
 /etc/gdm/Init/Default at the beginning of the file.
 
 It seems to solve the issue,
 
  though I am not sure it is a good thing to proceed as well.

The best thing to do is to comment out the lines referencing
/dev/xconsole in the rsyslog configuration file, if you don't use
xconsole. Like this:

#daemon.*;mail.*;\
#news.err;\
#*.=debug;*.=info;\
#*.=notice;*.=warn  |/dev/xconsole

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

[Colin Watson]

Steve Langasek suggested that perhaps this should be somewhere other
than /dev, since it isn't actually a device.  /run/xconsole, perhaps?

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

[carlo sorrentino]

Same problem upgrading from 10.04 64bit to 11.10 64bit ubuntu

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

[dermaze]

Same here, have this bug on a 11.10 64bit ubuntu box updated from 11.04

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

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I have this bug in oneric.

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

[Florian Heigl]

Still exists.
Comment #4 is not true. There would be no bug reporti f it didn't complain, 
right?

for me this not completely breaks rsyslog right away, instead it seems
to stop logging some time after launch.

Since there is also a fix in this launchpad (see the part about
rsyslog.d/50-default.conf) it would be AWESOME if this quite critical
issue could be fixed? After 2 yeears?


** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: rsyslog
+ Still exists.
+ Comment #4 is not true. There would be no bug reporti f it didn't complain, 
right?
  
- Looks like this was missed in the move to upstart.
+ for me this not completely breaks rsyslog right away, instead it seems
+ to stop logging some time after launch.
  
- 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 removed from the config.
- 
- rsyslog:
-   Installed: 4.2.0-2ubuntu5
+ Since there is also a fix in this launchpad (see the part about
+ rsyslog.d/50-default.conf) it would be AWESOME if this quite critical
+ issue could be fixed? After 2 yeears?

** Description changed:

- Still exists.
- Comment #4 is not true. There would be no bug reporti f it didn't complain, 
right?
+ Binary package hint: rsyslog
  
- for me this not completely breaks rsyslog right away, instead it seems
- to stop logging some time after launch.
+ Looks like this was missed in the move to upstart.
  
- Since there is also a fix in this launchpad (see the part about
- rsyslog.d/50-default.conf) it would be AWESOME if this quite critical
- issue could be fixed? After 2 yeears?
+ 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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[Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

[Poldi]

Can confirm that the problem still exists on the 64bit version of 11.04

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

[kim reivanen]

I am getting this on 11.04 Beta2 x64 desktop immediately after boot into
clean install. Indie seems to have a good idea over what causes this,
just thought i would chip in and confirm it still is a problem in natty.

Apr 16 02:16:24 q kernel: imklog 4.6.4, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Apr 16 02:16:24 q rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd swVersion=4.6.4 
x-pid=731 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] (re)start
Apr 16 02:16:24 q rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Apr 16 02:16:24 q rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Apr 16 02:16:24 q rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try 
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[Bug 459730] Re: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole

[Indie]

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 and the problem still exists - /dev/xconsole
doesn't exist.

If I manually create the node then restart rsyslog it works.
 # mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole
 # chown root:adm /dev/xconsole
 # restart rsyslog

However, if I reload rsyslog as is done from logrotate it no longer works.
 # reload rsyslog

From the man page for rsyslog, when it receives the HUP signal it closes
all file handles then reopens them. rsyslog runs as user syslog. When it
is initially run, it starts as root, opens the file handles then drops
the privs to user syslog. Upon a reload it's already running as syslog
so can't open /dev/xconsole.

As a fix, I changed to owner to syslog and now upon reloading rsyslog it works 
fine. I don't know if that's the best way to overcome the problem though or 
what else uses /dev/xconsole.
 # chown syslog /dev/xconsole

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

[Rovano]

rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output file '/dev/xconsole' [try 
http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
Ubuntu 10.10 32b.
How i help you?

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

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I have this bug on 10.10 Server, agree with #11 that this is serious.
Fixed it for now using the suggestion at comment #3, thanks inode77!

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

[Nuno Lucas]

Following up with my #16 follow up, while my /lib/udev/devices trick works 
for Ubuntu 10.04, it doesn't fully work for Kubuntu 10.04.
I still need to restart rsyslog shortly after logon.
What could be different between the two?

I believe that is the single problem to not closing this bug and assign
another for the xutils package to create lib/udev/devices/xconsole on
instalation.

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

[dino99]

have installed a newest release but got a warning:

update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/rsyslog missing LSB information

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

[GIBRAN CHALITA MANZUR]

Hola mi amigo has esta linea de comandos en la terminal y con esto se
resuelve saludos

/etc/init.d/rsyslog stop
/etc/init.d/rsyslog.dpkg-new stop

cd /usr/src
wget http://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.5.6.tar.gz
tar zxvf rsyslog-5.5.6.tar.gz.
cd rsyslog-5.5.6
./configure
make
make install

mv /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.conf.original
cp /usr/src/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.conf

reboot

Yo batalle mucho para poder resolverlo pero por fin lo pude lograr.
obiamente has todo como superusuario

Mucha suerte y espero te sirva quedo en espera de tus comentarios.

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

[D J Gardner]

In response to Neil, I think the problem is that rsyslog gets things
wrong on a *reload* but that on a *restart* it gets it right.

I've filed another bug, #61290, since its a separate issue.

David

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

[Nuno Lucas]

As a follow-up, in Lucid (10.04), the /lib/udev/devices fix works for
me. I don't have to restart rsyslog again.

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[totya]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/459730/comments/15

 In response to Neil, I think the problem is that rsyslog gets things wrong on 
 a *reload* but that on a *restart* it gets it right.

 I've filed another bug, #61290, since its a separate issue.

 David

There is a typo above. The exact bug number is #612900

So here's the bug witch has been reported by Dave:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/612900

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

[Neil Levine]

As per Nuno's suggestion, I created the entries in /lib/udev/devices but
also have the issues that xconsole ceases to output content when rsyslog
reloads as part of the daily cron. I am not clear on why this is though,
as the fix is -also- to restart rsyslog.

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

[Michael Luthardt]

Same thing here with up to date 10.04 amd64:
Jun 22 07:01:47 i7 kernel: imklog 4.2.0, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jun 22 07:01:47 i7 rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd swVersion=4.2.0 
x-pid=1009 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] (re)start
Jun 22 07:01:47 i7 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Jun 22 07:01:47 i7 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Jun 22 07:01:47 i7 rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output file '/dev/xconsole' 
[try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

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

[James]

I'm seeing this on an upgraded Ubuntu server 9.10 to 10.04 server.
Whenever the nightly restart of rsyslogd happens, there is a chance it
will spin out of control.

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

[Gartral]

this bug is keeping ever and all logs on 3 of my computers from being
written... i'de say this is serious.

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

[Patrick Goetz]

Mathias Gug  wrote on 2010-04-01:
 If /dev/xconsole doesn't exist rsyslog doesn't complain. So there is no real 
 need to comment the section in /dev/xconsole.

Not true:
May 16 09:58:56 ibis rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output file '/dev/xconsole'   
[try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

I agree with inode77, for servers, which frequently run sans-X, this
should just be commented out.

BTW:  this is still and issue in lucid (10.4)

Similarly, mail should not be logged by default in /var/log/messages and
/var/log/syslog -- I'll file this as a separate bug report.

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

[Gombo Tsydynzhapov]

I have exactly the same situation here as described by Dino99
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/459730/comments/6
on both Lucid server and desktop installs. Though I cannot comment on
previous versions - never bothered to check.

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

[Paul Crawford]

Seeing it as well with fresh 10.04. I also have the problem (twice
today) of the display not coming up when booting, it changes (I assume)
to graphics mode shortly after the grub2 menu and my monitor goes in to
power saving. Trying Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go to text log-in had no effect, but
Ctrl-Alt-Del rebooted it and it came up OK.

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

[Stuart]

Yes, I have the exact same message sequence as dino99 in a fresh install
of Ubuntu 10.04 official release:

Apr 30 08:06:57 Agrajag rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd swVersion=4.2.0 
x-pid=761 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] (re)start
Apr 30 08:06:57 Agrajag rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Apr 30 08:06:57 Agrajag rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Apr 30 08:06:57 Agrajag rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output file 
'/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

/dev/xconsole does not exist.

(I also had a failure to resume from suspend, with / remounted readonly
and fsck at reboot; I do not know if this is related)

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

[dino99]

situation on Lucid updated:

into syslog:

Apr  3 18:50:58 localhost kernel: imklog 4.2.0, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Apr  3 18:50:58 localhost rsyslogd: [origin software=rsyslogd 
swVersion=4.2.0 x-pid=986 x-info=http://www.rsyslog.com;] (re)start
Apr  3 18:50:58 localhost rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Apr  3 18:50:58 localhost rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Apr  3 18:50:58 localhost rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output file 
'/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

about 2039:
an open call returned EACCES, which most probably means a file either does not 
exist or has the wrong permission settings (if running as root, the default, 
permissions are very unlikely to be the problem). This may be caused by a 
simple typo in a file name. 

on my system  /dev/console exist but not xconsole.

other related bug 484336

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

[Mathias Gug]

If /dev/xconsole doesn't exist rsyslog doesn't complain. So there is no
real need to comment the section in /dev/xconsole.

However rsyslog may need to be reloaded when the xconsole device is
created.

I'll unsubscribe the sponsor team for now since creating the xconsole
device in the upstart script is not the correct approach.

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

[Nuno Lucas]

I fixed this by adding xconsole to the /lib/udev/devices directory and 
adjusting the permissions.
But I still have to restart rsyslog every day for xconsole to continue working, 
because after the daily cron activities it ceases to work.

It seems to me the right fix would be:
 1) Make the x11-apps package  install script add xconsole to 
/lib/udev/devices (maybe only with the admin group acess)
 2) Fix the cron script to restart/reload rsyslog (maybe only if 
/dev/xconsole exists)

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

[inode77]

I recently installed ubuntu 9.10 server headless.
If I'm not mistaken /dev/xconsole only makes sense if you intend to have a 
running xserver.
So my propsition is to comment the snippet concerning xconsole 
(/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf).

#daemon.*;mail.*;\
#   news.err;\
#   *.=debug;*.=info;\
#   *.=notice;*.=warn   |/dev/xconsole

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

[Colin Watson]

Shouldn't this be done in udev instead? A lot of init scripts used to do
this kind of thing, but I'm uncomfortable with this persisting into an
Upstart-based world - device creation does not really belong in Upstart
jobs.

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

[Michael Terry]

Here's a debdiff adding that bit back.  Whoops.

** Attachment added: xconsole.debdiff
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34404418/xconsole.debdiff

** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
   Status: New = Confirmed

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