erickn@cofjora01d:/home/erickn> cat logtest1 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Log::Log4perl;
use Data::Dumper;

my $log_conf1 = <<EOT;
log4perl.rootLogger=DEBUG, Screen
log4perl.appender.Screen=Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr=0
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout=Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %-1.1p %P %H %m%n
EOT

Log::Log4perl->init(\$log_conf1);
my $log = Log::Log4perl->get_logger;
print Dumper $log;

$log->debug('this is a test');

erickn@cofjora01d:/home/erickn> perl logtest1
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'is_OFF' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'is_DEBUG' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'ERROR' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'is_INFO' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'layout' => undef,
                 'category' => 'main',
                 'DEBUG' => $VAR1->{'ERROR'},
                 'is_ALL' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'additivity' => 1,
                 'ALL' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'is_FATAL' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'is_WARN' => sub { "DUMMY" },
                 'FATAL' => $VAR1->{'ERROR'},
                 'appender_names' => [],
                 'WARN' => $VAR1->{'ERROR'},
                 'INFO' => $VAR1->{'ERROR'},
                 'level' => undef,
                 'num_appenders' => 0,
                 'OFF' => $VAR1->{'ERROR'},
                 'is_ERROR' => sub { "DUMMY" }
               }, 'Log::Log4perl::Logger' );
2006/07/17 18:05:13 D 14011 cofjora01d this is a test