title: log4j gradle configuration - Unable to locate implementation error
body: <p>i'm trying to get log4j 2.8 working with a slick2d / lwjgl project using gradle/intellij.</p>
  
  <p>Sadly I am unable to resolve this log4j error:
  "ERROR StatusLogger Unable to locate a logging implementation, using SimpleLogger"</p>
  
  <p>There is a section about this error in the log4j <a href="https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/faq.html#missing_core" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FAQ</a> but I dont think I am missing these jars since I include them using the gradle dependencies specified <a href="https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/maven-artifacts.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.8'
  compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.8'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Adding "-Dlog4j.debug" to the VM options to get some more information on the error seems to do nothing.</p>
  
  <p>I also placed a "log4j.xml" configuration file in src/main/resources but it doesn't look like log4j is finding it.</p>
  
  <p>Does someone know what could be causing all this?</p>