[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fackamato:
Sorry, I'm new to logcat. I got the app alogcat, and I can see some stuff. What should I set the level (currently at verbose) and format (currnetly at long) to? (buffer set to "main")

So far:

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main
D/dalvikvm(16088): DexOpt: 'Landroid/annotation/SuppressLint;' has an earlier definition; blocking out
D/dalvikvm(16088): DexOpt: 'Landroid/annotation/TargetApi;' has an earlier definition; blocking out
D/dalvikvm(16088): DexOpt: not verifying/optimizing 'Landroid/annotation/SuppressLint;': multiple definitions
D/dalvikvm(16088): DexOpt: not verifying/optimizing 'Landroid/annotation/TargetApi;': multiple definitions
D/dalvikvm(16088): DexOpt: load 80ms, verify+opt 193ms, 762156 bytes
I/dalvikvm(16120): Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 11...
D/dalvikvm(16120): GC_CONCURRENT freed 1595K, 34% free 5596K/8451K, paused 4ms+8ms, total 41ms
D/dalvikvm(16120): WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 24ms
D/dalvikvm(16120): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 1935K, 40% free 5222K/8647K, paused 17ms, total 18ms
W/IInputConnectionWrapper(16120): showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
D/dalvikvm(16120): GC_CONCURRENT freed 1909K, 42% free 5035K/8647K, paused 140ms+100ms, total 326ms
E/alogcat (16120): error saving log
E/alogcat (16120): java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:940)
E/alogcat (16120):	at org.jtb.alogcat.LogActivity$7.run(LogActivity.java:498)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
E/alogcat (16120): Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/alogcat (16120):	at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
E/alogcat (16120):	at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:110)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:933)
E/alogcat (16120):	... 4 more
E/alogcat (16120): error saving log
E/alogcat (16120): java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:940)
E/alogcat (16120):	at org.jtb.alogcat.LogActivity$7.run(LogActivity.java:498)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
E/alogcat (16120): Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/alogcat (16120):	at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
E/alogcat (16120):	at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:110)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:933)
E/alogcat (16120):	... 4 more
E/alogcat (16120): error saving log
E/alogcat (16120): java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:940)
E/alogcat (16120):	at org.jtb.alogcat.LogActivity$7.run(LogActivity.java:498)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
E/alogcat (16120): Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/alogcat (16120):	at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
E/alogcat (16120):	at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:110)
E/alogcat (16120):	at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:933)
E/alogcat (16120):	... 4 more
D/dalvikvm(16120): GC_CONCURRENT freed 1125K, 34% free 5738K/8647K, paused 2ms+7ms, total 30ms
D/dalvikvm(16120): WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 10ms
I/Choreographer(16120): Skipped 36 frames! The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
D/dalvikvm(16120): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 785K, 36% free 5678K/8775K, paused 16ms, total 17ms

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main
[ 09-11 11:37:55.289 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1592K, 47% free 4738K/8775K, paused 22ms+2ms, total 43ms
[ 09-11 11:38:12.972 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1681K, 45% free 4853K/8775K, paused 3ms+12ms, total 41ms
[ 09-11 11:38:28.589 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1364K, 40% free 5309K/8775K, paused 2ms+7ms, total 28ms
[ 09-11 11:38:28.589 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 20ms
[ 09-11 11:40:50.898 16120:16126 I/dalvikvm ]
Jit: resizing JitTable from 4096 to 8192
[ 09-11 11:40:59.968 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1590K, 38% free 5494K/8775K, paused 2ms+8ms, total 31ms
[ 09-11 11:40:59.968 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 21ms
[ 09-11 11:43:06.351 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 1544K, 36% free 5642K/8775K, paused 141ms, total 146ms
[ 09-11 11:43:27.078 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 2013K, 40% free 5286K/8775K, paused 135ms, total 136ms
[ 09-11 11:43:37.531 16120:16120 W/IInputConnectionWrapper ]
showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
[ 09-11 11:43:38.972 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 2147K, 47% free 4686K/8775K, paused 73ms, total 74ms
[ 09-11 11:43:44.242 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1527K, 45% free 4889K/8775K, paused 166ms+3ms, total 210ms

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main
[ 09-11 11:37:55.289 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1592K, 47% free 4738K/8775K, paused 22ms+2ms, total 43ms
[ 09-11 11:38:12.972 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1681K, 45% free 4853K/8775K, paused 3ms+12ms, total 41ms
[ 09-11 11:38:28.589 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1364K, 40% free 5309K/8775K, paused 2ms+7ms, total 28ms
[ 09-11 11:38:28.589 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 20ms
[ 09-11 11:40:50.898 16120:16126 I/dalvikvm ]
Jit: resizing JitTable from 4096 to 8192
[ 09-11 11:40:59.968 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1590K, 38% free 5494K/8775K, paused 2ms+8ms, total 31ms
[ 09-11 11:40:59.968 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 21ms
[ 09-11 11:43:06.351 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 1544K, 36% free 5642K/8775K, paused 141ms, total 146ms
[ 09-11 11:43:27.078 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 2013K, 40% free 5286K/8775K, paused 135ms, total 136ms
[ 09-11 11:43:37.531 16120:16120 W/IInputConnectionWrapper ]
showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
[ 09-11 11:43:38.972 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 2147K, 47% free 4686K/8775K, paused 73ms, total 74ms
[ 09-11 11:43:44.242 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1527K, 45% free 4889K/8775K, paused 166ms+3ms, total 210ms
[ 09-11 11:45:15.679 16120:16120 W/IInputConnectionWrapper ]
showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
[ 09-11 11:45:22.484 16120:16540 E/alogcat ]
error saving log
java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:940)
at org.jtb.alogcat.LogActivity$7.run(LogActivity.java:498)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:110)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:933)
... 4 more
[ 09-11 11:45:25.433 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 351K, 28% free 6344K/8775K, paused 150ms+5ms, total 190ms
[ 09-11 11:46:11.328 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 2623K, 49% free 4862K/9351K, paused 222ms, total 223ms
[ 09-11 11:46:14.738 16120:16704 E/alogcat ]
error saving log
java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:940)
at org.jtb.alogcat.LogActivity$7.run(LogActivity.java:498)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:110)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:933)
... 4 more
[ 09-11 11:46:36.668 16120:16737 E/alogcat ]
error saving log
java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:940)
at org.jtb.alogcat.LogActivity$7.run(LogActivity.java:498)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:110)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:933)
... 4 more
[ 09-11 11:46:59.992 16120:16123 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 1799K, 49% free 4839K/9351K, paused 12ms+28ms, total 132ms
[ 09-11 11:46:59.992 16120:16120 D/dalvikvm ]
WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 110ms

You can see permission denied where the sdcard isn't mounted.