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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459730 Title: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/459730/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
