messages log is empty

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 13:32 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: 
> On 12/15/2011 01:17 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> > Claude Jones wrote:
> >> my messages log is 0 bytes, completely empty
> >> has this functionality been moved elsewhere?
> >
> > Is your rsyslog service running?
> >
> > # systemctl status rsyslog.service
> 
> That's it, but, how do I enable it?
> 
> systemctl status rsyslog.service
> rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
>            Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; disabled)
>            Active: inactive (dead)
>            CGroup: name=systemd:/system/rsyslog.service
> 
> I tried:
> systemctl enable rsyslog.service
> ln -s '/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service' 
> '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service'
> 
> Running the status command now shows it as enabled but still "inactive 
> (dead)"
> -- 
> Claude Jones
> Brunswick, MD, USA

Then you have to run: systemctl start rsyslog.service
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