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The following has been tested with Ubuntu 10.04 | The following has been tested with Ubuntu 10.04 and should work with any distribution which include '''rsyslog''' and the [http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/imfile.html imfile module]. | ||
* Create the following file with contents as below: | * Create the following file with contents as below: | ||
'''/etc/rsyslog.d/10-xbmc.conf ''' | |||
{{highlight|'''Note:'''|bordered=yes|color=#BEF781}} '''Text in bold''' will need to be adapted to value which are relevant to your system. | {{highlight|'''Note:'''|bordered=yes|color=#BEF781}} '''Text in bold''' will need to be adapted to value which are relevant to your system. | ||
# | |||
$ModLoad imfile | |||
# | |||
# /home/'''xbmc'''/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log | |||
$InputFileName /home/'''xbmc'''/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log | |||
$InputFileTag tag_xbmc_log: | |||
$InputFileStateFile xbmc_log | |||
$InputFileSeverity debug | |||
$InputFileFacility local3 | |||
$InputRunFileMonitor | |||
# | |||
# check for new lines every 10 seconds | |||
$InputFilePollingInterval 10 | |||
# | |||
# send the log to a remote host: (optional) | |||
local3.debug @'''<remote_host>''' | |||
* restart rsyslog: | * restart rsyslog: | ||
<source lang="bash"> | |||
sudo restart rsyslog | |||
</source> | |||
[[Category:How-to]] | [[Category:How-to]] | ||
[[Category:Linux]] | [[Category:Linux]] |
Revision as of 12:45, 17 December 2012
The following has been tested with Ubuntu 10.04 and should work with any distribution which include rsyslog and the imfile module.
- Create the following file with contents as below:
/etc/rsyslog.d/10-xbmc.conf
Note: Text in bold will need to be adapted to value which are relevant to your system.
# $ModLoad imfile # # /home/xbmc/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log $InputFileName /home/xbmc/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log $InputFileTag tag_xbmc_log: $InputFileStateFile xbmc_log $InputFileSeverity debug $InputFileFacility local3 $InputRunFileMonitor # # check for new lines every 10 seconds $InputFilePollingInterval 10 # # send the log to a remote host: (optional) local3.debug @<remote_host>
- restart rsyslog:
sudo restart rsyslog