/var/log/messages missing in Mageia 3

[snjv]

Hello,
I installed Mageia 3 (x86_64) and I see that /var/log/messages missing. Is there a way to enable it?

Thanks,
-Snjv

[marja]

Hello,
I installed Mageia 3 (x86_64) and I see that /var/log/messages missing. Is there a way to enable it?

Thanks,
-Snjv

No there isn't, we use systemd now, and for logmessages journalctl is now used.

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journalctl -a

gives everything, a very, very large output. You can choose to only see the last 500 lines, for instance, with

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journalctl --lines=500 2>&1 | tee output.txt

(this saves those lines to output.txt)

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journalctl -f

gives the last lines, and adds new lines for new things that are being logged.

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journalctl -h

gives a short help

Cheers,
Marja

[jiml8]

You can install syslog if you wish. I have it; I'm old school and find /var/log/messages much easier to use (and requires less verbosity on the command line).

[snjv]

Thanks marja and jiml8. I shall try these methods.
-S