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hello. have new, clean install of ubuntu 11.10. there nothing being logged either /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog. tried enabling configuration described in post 2 here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1728570, nothing has changed.

both files 0 bytes in size.

how logs back?!

here contents of /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf

code:
#  default rules rsyslog.  #  #			for more information see rsyslog.conf(5) , /etc/rsyslog.conf    #  # first standard log files.  log facility.  #  auth,authpriv.*			/var/log/auth.log  *.*;auth,authpriv.none		-/var/log/syslog  #cron.*				/var/log/cron.log  #daemon.*			-/var/log/daemon.log  kern.*				-/var/log/kern.log  #lpr.*				-/var/log/lpr.log  mail.*				-/var/log/mail.log  #user.*				-/var/log/user.log    #  # logging mail system.  split  # easy write scripts parse these files.  #  #mail.info			-/var/log/mail.info  #mail.warn			-/var/log/mail.warn  mail.err			/var/log/mail.err    #  # logging inn news system.  #  news.crit			/var/log/news/news.crit  news.err			/var/log/news/news.err  news.notice			-/var/log/news/news.notice    #  # "catch-all" log files.  #  *.=debug;\  	auth,authpriv.none;\  	news.none;mail.none	-/var/log/debug  *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\  	auth,authpriv.none;\  	cron,daemon.none;\  	mail,news.none		-/var/log/messages    #  # emergencies sent logged in.  #  *.emerg				*    #  # have messages displayed on console, on virtual  # console leave idle.  #  #daemon,mail.*;\  #	news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\  #	*.=debug;*.=info;\  #	*.=notice;*.=warn	/dev/tty8    # named pipe /dev/xconsole `xconsole' utility.  use it,  # must invoke `xconsole' `-file' option:  #   #    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]  #  # note: adjust list below, or you'll go crazy if have reasonably  #      busy site..  #  daemon.*;mail.*;\  	news.err;\  	*.=debug;*.=info;\  	*.=notice;*.=warn	|/dev/xconsole
thanks!

-chris

still not working

-chris


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