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The following has been tested with Ubuntu 10.04 but should work with any distribution which include '''rsyslog'''.
The following has been tested with Ubuntu 10.04 but should work with any distribution which include '''rsyslog''' and the [http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/imfile.html imfile module].


Note: Test in bold will need to be adapted to value which are relevant to your system.
Note: Test in bold will need to be adapted to value which are relevant to your system.

Revision as of 13:41, 12 October 2010

The following has been tested with Ubuntu 10.04 but should work with any distribution which include rsyslog and the imfile module.

Note: Test in bold will need to be adapted to value which are relevant to your system.

  • Create the following file:

/etc/rsyslog.d/10-xbmc.conf

 #
 $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