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'.
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