--- openmosixview-1.5.orig/openmosixcollector/main.cpp
+++ openmosixview-1.5/openmosixcollector/main.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <syslog.h>
 
 #include "openmosixcollector.h"
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
 	while (1) {
 		if(!collector->checknodes()) {
 			collector->updatenodelist();
-			cout << "updating nodelist" << endl;
+			syslog(LOG_INFO, "updating nodelist");
 		}
 		collector->lognodes();
 		tsecs = collector->incrementcounter();
--- openmosixview-1.5.orig/openmosixcollector/openmosixcollector.cpp
+++ openmosixview-1.5/openmosixcollector/openmosixcollector.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include <syslog.h>
+
 #include "openmosixcollector.h"
 
 openmosixcollector::openmosixcollector(){
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@
 			}			
 			exit(0);
 		}
+	openlog("openmosixcollector",LOG_PID,LOG_USER);
 	return 1;
 	}
 }
@@ -418,7 +421,8 @@
   			nodelogfile << "\n";
         nodelogfile.close();
    			} else {
-  			cout << "could not write to " << nodelogfile_txt << endl;
+   			syslog(LOG_ERR, "could not write to %s",
+			       nodelogfile_txt.c_str());
   		}
 
       } else {
@@ -467,11 +471,11 @@
     			synclogfile << "\n";
           synclogfile.close();
      			} else {
-    			cout << "could not write to " << nodelogfile_txt << endl;
+   			syslog(LOG_ERR, "could not write to %s",
+			       nodelogfile_txt.c_str());
     		}
        } // end of for
-        cout << "synced the file " << nodelogfile_txt << endl;
-
+      syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "synced the file %s", nodelogfile_txt.c_str());
 
     }
     // end of sync check
@@ -526,7 +530,8 @@
 		clusterlogfile << "\n";
 		clusterlogfile.close();
 		} else {
-		cout << "could not write to " << clusterlogfile_txt << endl;
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "could not write to %s",
+		       clusterlogfile_txt.c_str());
 	}
 }
 
@@ -554,7 +559,8 @@
 			return cread;
 		}
 		} else {
-		cout << "could not read from " << clusterdirectory << what << tmpstr << endl;
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "could not read from %s%s%s",
+		       clusterdirectory, what.c_str(), tmpstr.c_str());
 		return "0";
 	}
 }
@@ -696,7 +702,7 @@
 						processlogfile << "\n";
 						processlogfile.close();
 						} else {
-						cout << "could not write to " << processlogfile_txt << endl;
+						syslog(LOG_ERR, "could not write to %s", processlogfile_txt.c_str());
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -840,7 +846,7 @@
 		writeval.close();
 		return countit;
 		} else {
-		cout << "could not write to " << tmpstr << endl;
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "could not write to %s", tmpstr.c_str());
 		return 0;
 	}
 }