gnome-system-log does not monitor after switching to another log and back

[Thomas Hood]

Package: gnome-utils
Version: 2.11.1-0ubuntu1

There are several problems with gnome-system-log.

I start gnome-system-log from Applications|System Tools|System Log.
The latest entries of /var/log/syslog are displayed. However, no new
entries are displayed as they are added.

I click on Log|Monitor and then "Monitor" has a check beside it.
The latest entries of /var/log/syslog are displayed. New entries are
displayed as they are added.

Thus the first issue is that the default mode should be Monitor=on.

Next I click on /var/log/mail.log. It displays the _earliest_
logged entries, not the latest ones. That is the second issue.

I click on /var/log/syslog. It no longer displays new entries as
they are added, even though there is still a checkmark beside
"Monitor" on the "Log" dropdown menu.

I tried this program about a year ago in Debian and had the same
sorts of problems with it. Since the program is hardly usable I
returned to using "tail --follow=name /var/log/syslog" in a
terminal window. I thought Ubuntu might have fixed the program,
but it seems not.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug. Please use one bug by issue next time.

I've forwarded 2 of your issues here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310009 and
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310013

About the second issue that works fine. It lists the entries by date and scroll
down to the current entry/select it by default. What is wrong about this?

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> About the second issue that works fine. It lists the entries by date and scroll
> down to the current entry/select it by default. What is wrong about this?

I wrote:
> Next I click on /var/log/mail.log. It displays the _earliest_
> logged entries, not the latest ones. That is the second issue.

When the program starts it displays the most recent entries from syslog;
i.e. the entries from now, today, 11 July. When I select mail.log it
displays entries from 5 July. It would be preferable if every view
had the same default, viz., that of showing the most recent entries.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

it works fine here, all the logs have the current entry selected. What locale do
you use

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Checking again, I see that 12 July _is_ displayed in the right pane.
However, 5 July is highlighted in the calendar at the bottom left.
This is what led me to believe that I was looking at entries from
5 July.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thanks for the comment, I've forwarded this issue here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310110

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Do:

    Start System Log Viewer
    Click on "/var/log/syslog"
    Select Log|Monitor
    Click on "/var/log/mail.log"
    Click on "/var/log/syslog"

The log listing is no longer updated.

This is with today's Breezy.

jdthood@turmeric:~$ dpkg -l gnome-utils
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==================-==================-====================================================
ii gnome-utils 2.11.90-0ubuntu1 GNOME desktop utilities

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

fix upstream

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

This upload fixes the issue:

gnome-utils (2.13.1-1ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low

  * Sync with Debian.
  * New upstream version:
    GNOME Search Tool:
    - CPU optimization.
    - Fix bug #317147 - Search for file also search in parent.
    GNOME Dictionary:
    - Fix bug #318095 - Missing includes.
    - Fix bug #319331 - Leaks.
    GNOME Floppy:
    - Fig bug #318095 - Missing includes.
    - Fix bug #316770 - invalid documentation.
    GNOME Screenshot:
    - Fix bug #167158 - it's in gnome-utils now.
    - Fix bug #319191 - Remove a g_print statement.
    GNOME Log Viewer:
    - Fix bug #156507 - Make session management work again.
    - Fix bug #318689 - only open real files.
    - Use monospace font by default and follow the pref.
    - Use gnome-vfs for monitoring (Ubuntu: #12598).
    - Monitor logs by default (Ubuntu: #12598).
    - Use fixed height mode for the treeview.
    - Bold log names when new lines are added.
    - Huge speedups when displaying big logs.
    - Don't huge fixed-size buffers - 30% memory gain.
    - Append lines at the end of the log when monitoring.
    - Plugged huge memory leaks.
    - Simplify internal handling of dates, big speedup.
    - Fix bug #157769 - updated documentation.
    - Fix bug #318609 - line selection is too slow.
    - Fix bug #316738 - crash when exiting without any opened log.
    - Fix bug #316829 - crash when switching to default font size.
    - Fix bug #317208 - C99-ism.
    - Fix bug #318095 - cast warning.
    - Fix bug #310110 - when selecting a log line, select its date
      in the calendar
    - Lots of plumbing work.
  * debian/patches/01_lpi.dpatch,
    debian/patches/02_autoconf.dpatch:
    - launchpad patch.
  * debian/patches/03_category_applet.dpatch:
    - change the applet category.
  * debian/patches/04_gfloppyjaomf.dpatch:
    - fixed with the new version.
  * debian/watch:
    - updated.

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:08:14 +0200