log4net logger logging unexpected levels based on config - wpf

Question

I have been trying to understand the config of the log4net library and I think I have it except for some unexpected behavior.
I have a root logger that has a level set to INFO and another logger for a specific class that has level set to ERROR.
What I expected from this was that the class logger would only log at error and ignore the roots level since I had additivity set to false for the class logger. Here is the log4net.config I have at the moment:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<log4net>
<appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="log.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="100KB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="EveStatic.Config.ViewModel" additivity="false">
<level value="error"/>
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender"/>
</logger>
<root>
<level value="debug" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
</configuration>
In my AssemblyInfo.cs:
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config", Watch = true)]
And in the class that loads the configuration:
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(new FileInfo("log4net.config"));
These two seem redundant but the configuration wont load unless I have the code part. Everything here is in a class library being used by another project.
Is this behavior expected and I don't understand the configuration and level overrides or am I forgetting something?
EDIT:
Here is how I instantiate and call the ILog. The the full class name is the name of the logger in the config plus the ConfiInfoViewModel:
private static readonly ILog LOG = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(ConfigInfoViewModel));
...
LOG.Debug("Something buggy");
Also note that when testing the logging levels I had a log statement for each level in a series.

Answer 1

Your problem lays here
LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(ConfigInfoViewModel));
Internally this get resolved to
LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(ConfigInfoViewModel).FullName);
Now log4net is looking for a Logger named "EveStatic.Config.ConfigInfoViewModel" (result of typeof(ConfigInfoViewModel).FullName)
Because no Logger with that name is specified a new one with your default settings is used.
Also note that level specify a threshold, not a single level.
Example: level=warn means log warn an all levels above (error and fatal)