Description of problem: According to documentation: "The first time you start System Log Viewer, the application displays several log files by default (such as /var/log/messages)." This is not the case for me. gnome-system-log starts with an empty window and no log files. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-utils-2.13.93-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: run gnome-system-log Actual results: no log files are displayed Expected results: Several log files by default (such as /var/log/messages) should be displayed. Additional info: Attaching a screenshot illustrating the problem.
Created attachment 125383 [details] illustrating the bug
gnome-system-log tries to detect that it is running for the first time, by checking if the /apps/gnome-system-log/logfiles list in gconf is set, and use a default list of log files if it is not. For some reason, this seems to fail. A simple workaround might be to put the default list as the default value in the schema. Another issue is that gnome-system-log is running as root (it needs to in order to be able to read the logs), and thus uses roots gconf database, which is broken.
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This bug has been fixed in gnome-utils-2.15.3-1, however it is still present in Fedora Core 5. Should I close this bug?
Would you be interested in seeing the fix in an FC5 Update? If not, then yes. Otherwise, make this bug block the "FC5Update" tracker.
this bug has been fixed in FC6