On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 07:57 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > michael wrote: > >>michael wrote: > >> > >>>On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>How do I retrieve the messages that I see when booting? > >>>>dmesg does not have all the information. > >>>>I'm using kernel 2.6.13.2 > >>>>Thanks > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>enable /etc/default/bootlogd: > >>> > >>> > >>>$ cat /etc/default/bootlogd > >>># Run bootlogd at startup ? > >>>BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes > >>> > >>> > >> > >>I did the above, rebooted and can't find thelog anywhere. > >>Could you tell me where it should be and what its name is? > > > > > > look at 'man bootlogd' (hint: 'man -k boot' gives all man pages about > > 'boot') > > > > hint 2: most logs are in /var/log > > > > > > Here's what I tried - still need help > Thanks > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev$ /sbin/bootlogd -l /var/log/boot. > bootlogd: cannot find console device 136:1 in /dev
no idea why you're trying the above > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev$ ls c* > cdrom cdrw console core > > cpu: > 0 microcode > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev$ cat /etc/default/bootlogd > # Run bootlogd at startup ? > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev$ but what does ls -l /var/log/boot give you?! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
