Re: Core logging from the UI

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at redhat dot com>]

Phil Muldoon wrote:
> To aid us in debugging, we've add a feature to start Core logging from 
> the UI. This aids in tracing down the event sequence of the sometimes 
> very complex UI requests to/from the Core.
>
> To enable Core logging when using the UI, you will need a 
> logging.properties file in your ~/.frysk directory. In there you need 
> to set the log level that you wish to see.
Very very nice, this is going to make debugging so much easier.
Just a though, would it be possible to extend this so that, like for 
TestRunner, << -c FINE >> and << -l FINE >> work, or perhaps have it 
controllable via a menu?  I think both of those would help make the 
mechanism more UNIX rather than Java like.

Andrew

> ConsoleHander is the level of log detail sent to the console;
> FileHandler controls the levels of detail sent to the core event log 
> file.
>
> The contents of my logging.properties are (just two lines):
>
> java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE
> java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = FINE
>
> If logging.properties is not present in ~/.frysk or the level set is 
> something that Frysk does not recognize, then logging is defaulted to 
> Level.OFF.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil