Bug 4075

Summary:	[WISH] Would it be possible to dump errors from dmesg to certain log-files under /var/log to help newbies find the error quicker?
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Kristoffer Grundström <lovaren>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Low	CC:	lovaren, marja11
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	syslog	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Kristoffer Grundström 2012-01-08 20:44:23 CET

Description of problem: Let's just for the fun of it say that you're new to Linux & you deside to read about it & want to know how it works. This person comes to the part when he/she wants to learn how to find a certain error-text, but doesn't want to browse through large number of texts to find it. My idea is to dump that error-text to one log-file for each program or process.

Like this for instance:

/usr/var/log/urpmi
/usr/var/log/system
/usr/var/log/udev
etc. etc.....

If this person in the future have an error related to mount he/she may go to /usr/var/log/udev & read the issue & nothing more that's not relevant.


I see that this may not be possible right now, but I would like to start a discussion about this.

Anyone opposed?

Kristoffer Grundström 2012-01-08 20:44:33 CET

Priority: Normal => Low

Kristoffer Grundström 2012-01-08 20:44:37 CET

CC: (none) => kristoffer.grundstrom1983

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2012-02-17 18:30:53 CET

(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem: Let's just for the fun of it say that you're new to
> Linux & you deside to read about it & want to know how it works. This person
> comes to the part when he/she wants to learn how to find a certain error-text,
> but doesn't want to browse through large number of texts to find it. My idea is
> to dump that error-text to one log-file for each program or process.
> 
> Like this for instance:
> 
> /usr/var/log/urpmi
> /usr/var/log/system
> /usr/var/log/udev
> etc. etc.....
> 
> If this person in the future have an error related to mount he/she may go to
> /usr/var/log/udev & read the issue & nothing more that's not relevant.
> 
> 
> I see that this may not be possible right now, but I would like to start a
> discussion about this.
> 
> Anyone opposed?

could you please discuss this on the Mageia-discuss ml? More chance anyone sees your mail there, than the bugs mail here

CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 2 Remco Rijnders 2012-03-01 10:51:40 CET

I don't see any concensus forthcoming on this, nor a patch to make it work. Closing this as WONTFIX for now.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX