> not being written - in fact, the log messages are displayed to the text > console... for instance, when I log into a regular text-console (non-X), > is /etc/syslog.conf setup correctly? there you define where to log to. i don't know, how on debian, but suse logs to /var/log/messages - without any .0 - this sounds like a rotated older log. the log file must exist. syslogd won't create a new one, if none exists. "touch" it, if it's not there.
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