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gnome-utils package

gnome-system-log cannot read .gz logs

Bug #161838 reported by Francesco Potortì on 2007-11-10
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

gnome-system-log should be able to read compressed .gz log files.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, that's known upstream, you can read http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349653

Changed in gnome-utils:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2007-12-04
Changed in gnome-utils:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
manzano (manzano-vocamen) wrote :

May be an ugly fix but:
gconf-editor
apps>gnome-system-log>logfiles
add /var/log/auth.log.0, etc ...
it works for SOME gz logs and not others (syslog for instance, I can read .1.gz but not before, others I can)

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-09-16
Changed in gnome-utils:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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