Public bug reported:
Firestarter is looking for the file /var/log/messages . If Firestarter
cannot find this file upon startup, then it prints the error:
Failed to open the system log
No event information will be available.
It appears that Ubuntu no longer uses /var/log/messages by default,
starting back in Ubuntu 11.04. However, the firewall logs are still
written to /var/log/kern.log. Therefore, Firestarter should monitor
/var/log/kern.log .
Yes, it is true that the error "Failed to open the system log" can be resolved
if we enable /var/log/messages by modifying /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf and
uncommenting the following section:
#*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
# auth,authpriv.none;\
# cron,daemon.none;\
# mail,news.none -/var/log/messages
However, a simpler fix is to modify Firestarter to use the default
firewall logs which are written to /var/log/kern.log .
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firestarter 1.0.3-10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 7 22:53:04 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firestarter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: firestarter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity
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Firestarter should use /var/log/kern.log not /var/log/messages
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