hey sry for the incomplete information. Btw, i just figured out that "sysklogd" package is not installed in my machine (I didn't know the package name which writes logs to /var/log/messages) !!! I just installed it and I am able to find some process id in /var/run/syslogd.pid
I hope that this would solve the problem. But still I am not sure how that package got removed in first place. Also one more strange thing is that the Services window shows that service as running (with checked box), but that package itself was not there !! Thanks a lot... ** Changed in: sysklogd (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- ubuntu /var/log/messages not getting updated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337908 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs