A log is a record of events during a particular time range. Questions about interpreting logs on Ubuntu or controlling logging.
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Visualize computer usage
I am trying to measure how much I use my laptop per day and if this changes over time. Besides that, I want to visualize my usage in a 'diurnal' plot (I think that's how you'd call it).
I tried ...
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Is there in ubuntu repository monitoring alternative to nagios?
I would like to run some kind of service monitoring for my server and few other servers/services. Basically I want to monitor availability and send mail, when avail. is bad. Is there any simple ...
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How to manage different identities on the internet?
On the internet I'm using different accounts. One is my real self where, while all the other I use to "fool arounnd" (not literally though) on the internet.
Is there an easy way to How to manage ...
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Software Updater Log 13.04
I ran the Software Updater and noticed a message which indicated that my system may be broken and to run a certain command to fix it. Of course I missed the command and even more strange, the ...
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Somebody help me with my paranoia
I tend to be on the paranoid side, and for some time there are messages in my log file that tend to get me going close to the edge of sanity. Could someone explain the following in my auth.log file ...
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Where do I find the Insync log file?
When contacting the customer service of Insync they ask to send the logs where do I find them in Ubuntu?
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switch off/suspend time log
How do I find out when my computer went to sleep the last time? Like I woke up now and don't remember when the party finished and music stopped playing yesterday. Is there a log file for that? Issuing ...
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firefox about:sync-log gives error.sync.failed
I've reset my firefox sync password, but log errors persist when trying to sync:
1368328240529 Sync.ErrorHandler DEBUG Flushing file log.
1368328240531 Sync.Service DEBUG Exception: ...
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Where does VNC store its logfiles?
I've been getting a lot of VNC login attempts lately (it's probably because of that home server I set up a while back,) and I was just wondering where the access logs are.
The directory ~/.vnc doesn't ...
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How can I view stdout/stderr of a startup application?
Some of the commands that I have in Startup Applications do not start properly when I login. (In particular I am having trouble with gtk-redshift.) In order to debug, I would like to be able to view ...
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How can I read NotifyOSD messages after they are displayed?
I'd like to read a list of messages displayed by notify-osd from time to time. I'm using 12.04 still, if it matters. Is this possible?
These two questions from 2010 indicate that a log file should ...
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Log file locations for troubleshooting a hard system freeze
Since Ubuntu 12.04, I've tried every version available on my work desktop and they've all had the same bug/problem: My system freezes at seemingly random times and it is completely unresponsive (can't ...
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12.04LTS log in fails
I have been using ubuntu for years, but I am ICT challenged. 12.04LTS recently crashed while I was on the interweb. Now, when i try to boot, it asks me to log in. Never had to do this before, and the ...
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keylogger with persian and english keymap on ubuntu
I want to log which characters I use most use in a day and to log all pressed keys in all application.
How I do this in ubuntu?
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Virtualbox hard resets host machine
My host is - ubuntu 12.10 x64 Desktop with latest virtualbox installed.
Guest OS is Ubuntu 12.10 x64 server edition.
I execute this virtual machine as root user on Ubuntu host machine to connect ...
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How can I inspect Upstart Job States Transitions Using log file?
I want to have a look at the states transitions using the method described here:
http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#viewing-state-transitions.
This is what I do:
# initctl log-priority debug
# ...
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My user ID and password is correct: can not log in to Ubuntu 12.04
I have a dual boot in machine with windows7 and Ubuntu.
While I was installing Ubuntu, it prompted me for a name and a password 2 times. I gave a user name and put my password 2 times and wrote it ...
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Turning computer on log?
Is there a way to find out when my computer was turned on even if user was not successful on logging in?
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Where are the OpenVPN connection logs and configuration files?
I have problem connecting to OpenVPN server. Where are OpenVPN log files and how do I find the connection details?
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Timestamp appears to be wrong on some log files
When I use scp to remotely check my server logs, the "last changed" timestamp on some files appears to be set in the future. I've double checked the local time and timezone settings on both my server ...
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Posting syslog kernlog xorg.0.log online - how to delete private data
I have heard that log files contains private data. How can I remove them and what should I remove from them?
Those are very long files so maybe if I know what to remove I can use a script o something ...
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syslog kernlog xorg.0.log - is it safe to post them
Is it safe to post syslog kernlog xorg.o.log from /var/log online to solve a problem with ubuntu system?
There is private content in there that other people should not see?
Thanks
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What log shall I explore to discover cause of “Couldn't Generate PGP Key”?
While attempting to join the U+1 and download the code of conduct I followed the instructions on generating a public key and received the subj message.
Ubuntu 12.10
Gnome session fall back
chromium ...
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How I can connect the syslog-ng with a mysql database?
Hi guys I want to use a syslog-ng server for logging data from the firewall and I get Data from the Firewall in the file /var/firewall.log but now I want that the logs go to a database. For this I ...
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Why is drop box always trying and failing to connect to me on a high port in iptables logs?
Continually getting message in logs:
IPTables Packet Dropped: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=c4:17:fe:65:51:f8:20:76:00:aa:98:78:08:00
SRC=199.47.216.148 DST=192.168.1.102 LEN=218 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=54 ...
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How to log memory usage per minute on Ubuntu Server?
I checked few programs such as htop or top command but couldn't find any features for logging per minute.
Is there a way to do that for tracking memory issues ?
edit: I was using linode and decided ...
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ubuntu is not able to start up with Bluetooth error
I used to have dual system on my laptop windows 7 and ubuntu. when I add a SSD to my laptop I decide to install windows8 and ubuntu in my new SSD. I format the old partions, one for windows 7 and one ...
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See IP addresses that access my computer
How can I see time/date/ip address of the computers that accessed my computer, and is it possible to see if they accessed any (and which) files that I share using samba?
Is there any samba log file?
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How to truncate all logfiles?
can anybody give me a solution to truncate all logfile in /var/log/ directory?
and a question just for knowledge, is it a good idea or not?
#!/bin/bash
LOGDIR="/var/log"
for logfile in $(ls ...
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Does MaaS have any log?
Using following articles,
Testing MAAS
Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure with MAAS and Juju
I tried to setup Ubuntu Server 12.04's private cloud in a virtual environment provided by KVM and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 taking too much time to start gnome-shell after lightdm?
Ubuntu 12.10 taking too much time (about 30 secs) to start gnome-shell after login in lightdm. No notable delay in loading unity though. Cinnamon also taking time to load like gnome-shell. It happens ...
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Do these log entries recorded an intrusion to the server?
Here are log entries I found in auth.log. What does + ??? mean? And was there an unauthorized access?
Feb 11 07:48:32 tts-server su[31265]: Successful su for www-data by root
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Log file size or age
I'd like to change various log files (particularly auth.log) to retain info for anywhere from the last 30-90 days. Right now it only has about 4 days worth of info. How do I modify these settings ...
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Erased root trash but still getting no memory
I was coding my site on Apache Server. Suddenly an error came and I got the warning
This computer has only 1.3 GB remaining.
I knew that this was because of the log file in ...
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What happened to /var/log/apt/history.log?
Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, /var/log/apt/history.log is missing. Has it been replaced by something else?
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Thousands of pam_unix log entries in logwatch
My logwatch reports, within the CRON section, contain thousands of entries like those below. How can I either reduce the number of log entries OR have logwatch ignore them?
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Where are the logs for NFS file operations on the network?
I have a Ubuntu server 12.04 in my network and there are 20 workstations connected with this server through NFS.
Just now someone moved my share folder and files to somewhere else.
Now I already ...
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Where is the ACPI log?
Sometimes my computer shuts down unexpectedly, usually when some process is taxing the CPU. This answer mentions that "when a system shuts down in a normal way, it is either a user with root ...
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How can I access debug info for failing VPN connection via Network Manager?
I have a VPN connection set up via the Network Manager. Today it failed because I forgot make the key files accessible, once I made them accessible, it worked. Yay!
But, what if I hadn't remembered? ...
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How do i figure out which process is causing a beeping sound?
I'm using 10.04 and some process is periodically causing a sound (more like a chime than a beep) and I can't figure out what it is. I don't want to turn off system beeps or sound in general, I just ...
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/var/log/cups keeps increasing while the cups service is stopped
I want to stop CUPS service on my 12.04 ubuntu:
sudo service cups stop
it's stopped. I check it's status by :
chkconfig
it's off
but /var/log/cups size is still increasing by a large amount ...
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Log files (CUPS) grow so fast!
the past few days I faced a strange issue with my computer. I discussed it here:
Server logs are filling my hard disk, how do I fix this?
Shortly, log files (in cups folder) grow so fast! I did solve ...
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How do I diagnose Hang on Shutdown?
Since one or two months ago, my laptop with ubuntu 12.10x64 hangs during shutdown. There's just a black screen, no harddisk activity, it justs sits there. I feel it happens near the end of a normal ...
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Where are the cifs logs and how do I enable them?
I have Ubuntu 12.10 running as a guest in VMware. The host is Windows 7 64-bit. The Ubuntu guest is set up a "bridge", so it should just be seen as a computer that is connected to the same switch as ...
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missfont.log in home directory?
On a clean install I get a file called missfont.log in my home directory as well as in other directories in which I open pdfs. I don't want it there.
How can I avoid this log to be created? One of ...
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OpenGL log file (MESA)
Recently my firefox started to freeze I have a strong feeling that it has to do something with opengl, but I can't prove it, because I can't find any opengl or mesa log file. And yes I looked at ...
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How to know what an application was doing in background?
I want to know what an application was doing in background. Are there any monitoring logs or any recorded history of what any application was doing in background? I'm talking about any regular ...
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How to log the activity of a network interface in a file
I need to write a "one-liner" in /etc/network/interfaces that ensures that when eth1 goes up/down a file /var/log/network.log is written with something like that UP/DOWN [DATE/TIME]
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UP ...
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create log file just for ssh
I use ubuntu 10.04, contained ssh. I want to create a log file that stores all the activity on ssh (only ssh). Like in /var/log/auth.log but only for ssh. Like /var/log/ssh.log.
So, file ssh.log will ...
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Redirect network logs from syslog to another file
I keep logging way to much info (not needed, for now) in my syslog, and not daily or hourly... but instant. If I want to watch for something in my syslog I just can't because the network log keeps ...
