On 18.05.2012 18:15, Nigel Horne wrote:
> Package: dbus-x11
> Version: 1.5.12-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
>    I started the system
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
>      Nothing
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
>    N/A
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
>    N/A
> 
> Every minute I get cryptic messages in /var/log/daemon.log such as:
> 
> May 18 12:10:48 compaq dbus[2668]: [system] Activating service 
> name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
> May 18 12:10:49 compaq dbus[2668]: [system] Activating service 
> name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' (using servicehelper)
> May 18 12:10:49 compaq dbus[2668]: [system] Activated service 
> 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' failed: Launch helper exited with unknown 
> return code 1
> May 18 12:10:49 compaq dbus[2668]: [system] Successfully activated service 
> 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
> 
> Why?

You are using systemd, right?

systemd doesn't throw away the log messages from dbus-daemon but logs it
to syslog instead.

You can change that by modifying  /lib/systemd/system/dbus.service and
modifying StandardOutput/StandardError (man systemd.exec)

I wouldn't recommend that though.

Michael



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