defaults to /var/log/bootchart.tgz which doesn't exist

[ullix]

Binary package hint: bootchart

When bootchart is started by the command 'bootchart' , it tries to find '/var/log/bootchart.tgz', while Lucid stores its files in it own subdiretory '/var/log/bootchart/' with names like 'hostname-lucid-20100418-1.tgz'.
The default path should include the subdirectory bootchart.

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

Just changing the path won't help, since bootchart can't predict what the right path would be.

For lucid, it's probably wisest to use the latest .tgz file in /var/log/bootchart

[Sander Jonkers (jonkers)]

And what if /var/log/bootchart/ neither exists?

sander@quirinius:~$ bootchart
No path given, trying /var/log/bootchart.tgz
warning: path '/var/log/bootchart.tgz' does not exist, ignoring.
Parse error: empty state: '/var/log/bootchart.tgz' does not contain a valid bootchart
sander@quirinius:~$

sander@quirinius:~$ ls -al /var/log/bootchart/
ls: cannot access /var/log/bootchart/: No such file or directory

sander@quirinius:~$ uname -a
Linux quirinius 2.6.32-22-generic-pae #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 14:57:29 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

sander@quirinius:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
sander@quirinius:~$

[Sander Jonkers (jonkers)]

Oops, sorry: after installing bootchart (not just pybootchargui), /var/log/bootchart/ does exist, and contains a .tgz and even a .png.

[Roman Stingler (coolx67)]

if this error message is displayed:

/var/log/bootchart.tgz not found

and you have a SSD and optimized it in fstab like me

 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0

tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0

tmpfs /var/log tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0

tmpfs /var/cache/apt/archives tmpfs defaults 0 0

 there is the problem that all in /var/log is deleted after reboot because it's in the RAM

so all you have to do is just add this line

tmpfs /var/log/bootchart tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0

so the folder is being created and the files are copied after a few seconds.