rsyslog :: Could not open output pipe

:: rsyslog error in Ubuntu
If you got some error log like this when starting rsyslog service:

server rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try //www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]"

:: How to fix “rsyslog Could not open output pipe ‘/dev/xconsole'”

vim /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf

commented out in these lines:

#daemon.*;mail.*;\
#        news.err;\
#        *.=debug;*.=info;\
#        *.=notice;*.=warn       |/dev/xconsole
#       daemon.*;mail.*;\

and restarting rsyslog

service rsyslog restart

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