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gnome-utils package

  1. Bug #401499
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 401499

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Sebastian Meyer (wastl) wrote :

I can confirm this bug on Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS (Lucid Lynx), x86_64 GNU/Linux 2.6.32-25-generic, with gnome-utils version 2.30.0-0ubuntu1.
A workaround can be found at https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+question/89994 , i.e. simply remove the entry /var/log/btmp from the list /apps/gnome-system-log/logfiles of the log files which are opened up at startup of the log viewer (e.g. using gconf-editor).
I think /var/log/btmp should generally not be part of this list, neither is /var/log/wtmp .

PS: By the way, I don't really think this is a duplicate of bug #374320, because it is not related to permissions of /var/log/btmp.