Viewing logs
Viewing installation logs
When the cause of an installation problem is not obvious, you can view the logs created during installation to help
determine the cause. The logs can also help Lexmark Customer Support in assisting to solve your problem.
1
Click
Start
, and then click
Run
.
2
Type
"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Lexmark\LDD4x"
, and then click
OK
.
3
Open any of the following log files in a text editor, or send them to Customer Support as necessary:
•
ldd_InstallUninstall.log
•
ldd_installhelper.log
•
LxProxy.log
•
AbbyyMsiLog.txt
Additionally, other logs may be available, depending on the steps taken during installation. Other files that have
names beginning with “ldd” are also logs related to the installation processes.
Viewing the server log
All server activity at the selected message priority is recorded in the file lsas.log in the folder Lexmark\Solutions\tomcat
\logs where the server is installed. Open the file in a text editor to view the log.
The default message severity for recording is
warn
. When troubleshooting a problem, the message priority can be
changed to
debug
to capture all available messages:
1
Click the
System
tab in LMC.
2
Set the server for which you are changing the message priority offline. Make sure the server is offline before
proceeding. Click
Refresh
, and then make sure
offline
is reported in the Status column for the server.
3
In a text editor, open the file
log4j-lsas.xml
from the folder Lexmark\Solutions\apps\wf-ldss\WEB-INF\classes
where the server is installed.
4
In the following lines, change
"warn"
to
"debug"
:
<!-- Root Logger. -->
<root>
<priority value="warn" />
5
Save and close the file.
6
From the Windows Services control panel on the server computer, restart the Lexmark Solutions Application Server
service.
7
From the System tab, set the server online. For more information, see “Viewing and changing server status” on
page 56.
Note:
After recording the necessary data, the message priority should be changed back to
warn
to save disk space.
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