Still seeing this bug, so many releases later, on Oneiric 11.10. Simple workaround in comment #9 "fixes" the situation. Couldn't this be a papercut for the upcoming 12.04 LTS?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374320 Title: Gnome System Log Complains About btmp log permissions Status in gnome-utils - GNOME Desktop Utilities: New Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Confirmed Status in “gnome-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-utils On Karmic Koala, each time I open the gnome system log viewer, the app shows the following error message: /var/log/btmp You don't have enough permissions to read the file. The user can workaround the problem by closing the error dialogue so its an annoyance rather than a blocker. nullack@PPP:~$ sudo apt-cache policy gnome-utils [sudo] password for nullack: gnome-utils: Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-utils/+bug/374320/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
