Bugzilla – Bug 948729
YaST: If syslog is not used, point from old "System Log" to newer "Systemd Journal"
Last modified: 2018-10-26 12:48:10 UTC
There is nomore log in: /var/log/messages So can this tool put to track journalctl log? /var/log/boot.log is still valid.
There already is Yast Journalctl, see https://github.com/yast/yast-journalctl-tutorial Does it work for you?
If there is already better YaST module for it then drop the old as it does not track correct logs. However I don't want to code it myself ;)
Well, the fact is, that you can still enable logging into messages. Ancor, would merging Journalctl and System Log make sense somehow? Do you see how? IMO we could enable calling Journactl from System Log, but nothing else.
Reasons for not dropping the old module, even though we have "yast2-journal" (accessible as "Systemd Journal" in the icon next to the old "System log" one): - /var/log/messages is still used if syslog is installed. Many users decide to install it because they prefer the old text-based logs. - It's useful to track other log files like /var/log/boot.log or even any other when configured to do so. So for me is a WONTFIX, but I don't have a strong opinion about it.
Ok - for me, having two different programs to view "system logs" are quite pointless however I understand point of view to enable user choose which one he prefers. UX is king nowadays! ;) So you can choose if you close this as wontfix but my opinion is to integrate these two ones.
(In reply to Olli Tuominen from comment #7) > Ok - for me, having two different programs to view "system logs" are quite > pointless however I understand point of view to enable user choose which one > he prefers. UX is king nowadays! ;) > > So you can choose if you close this as wontfix but my opinion is to > integrate these two ones. problem is that goal of first module is to have generic module for text based logs. The goal of new module is to have specialized journalctl module, that can use many journalctl features. So it is different tools and different goals for them. What we can maybe do is to allow showing in old one simple full unfiltered output from journalctl. Ancor do you think it make sense?
Something that could be done is detecting if the selected file (/var/log/messages by default) is empty or not present. In that case, show a pop-up with a message similar to this (needs rephrasing). "There is no content in the selected log file (%s). Choose another one. Take into account that the activity of the main components of the system is now logged to the systemd journal. You can inspect the systemd journal in a convenient way using the YaST journal module." I think that's a sensible solution, better than doing nothing but not too disruptive.
Added to the YaST Team Scrum queue. Will be addressed as time permits.
fix is in review https://github.com/yast/yast-yast2/pull/862
fix merged. Enjoy it in TW and Leap 15.1