[Mono-dev] Event logging under Mono

[Miljenko Cvjetko]

Hi

On 20141209 17:01 , Spyros Sakellariadis (MS OPEN TECH) wrote:
> Yes, to local
Great. Usually people do forget that one...

Let me context switch to test.

cheers

Mel
>
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> From: Miljenko Cvjetko <mailto:mcvjetko at holisticware.net>
> Sent: ‎12/‎9/‎2014 7:56 AM
> To: mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com 
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> Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] Event logging under Mono
>
> Hi
>
> Did You set MONO_EVENTLOG_TYPE? win32|local|null;
>
> cheers
>
> mel
>
> On 20141208 23:38 , Spyros Sakellariadis (MS OPEN TECH) wrote:
>>
>> [Sorry if duplicate. I think I originally sent to wrong alias]
>>
>> Hi –
>>
>> I am trying to implement logging for a small application running 
>> under Mono on a Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately I have been unable to 
>> create an event log despite following guidance that I have found on 
>> the Net, and am wondering if there is best practice on how to do 
>> this. FWIW, the steps I have taken are as follows:
>>
>> 1.On the Raspberry Pi, I created /var/lib/mono and 
>> /var/lib/mono/eventlog directories, set directory permission on each 
>> to 777 per 
>> http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-devel-list/2006-August/019853.html. 
>>
>>
>> 2.Ran the following .NET code, based loosely on 
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.eventlog(v=vs.110).aspx 
>> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.eventlog%28v=vs.110%29.aspx>:
>>
>> using System;
>>
>> using System.Text;
>>
>> using System.Diagnostics;
>>
>> namespace Logging
>>
>> {
>>
>>     class Program
>>
>>     {
>>
>>         static void Main(string[] args)
>>
>>         {
>>
>>             if (!EventLog.SourceExists("MySource"))
>>
>>             {
>>
>> EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog");
>>
>> Console.WriteLine("CreatedEventSource");
>>
>>   Console.WriteLine("Exiting, execute the application a second time 
>> to use the source.");
>>
>>                 return;
>>
>>             }
>>
>>             else
>>
>> Console.WriteLine("Found the EventLog Source.");
>>
>>             return;
>>
>>         }
>>
>>     }
>>
>> }
>>
>> If I run this twice on a Windows 8 machine, the first time it comes 
>> back with “CreatedEventSource”, the second time it comes back with 
>> “Found the EventLog Source”, and the Windows Event Log has a new log 
>> entitled MyNewLog. However, if I run it on the Raspberry Pi under 
>> mono, I get the message “CreatedEventSource” no matter how many times 
>> I run it, and no files are created in /var/lib/mono/eventlog.
>>
>> What am I missing, or what should I try instead?
>>
>> Spyros Sakellariadis
>>
>> Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
>>
>> spyros at microsoft.com <mailto:spyros at microsoft.com>
>>
>>
>>
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