On 25 November 2011 11:00, Tim Allen <t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > On 25/11/11 10:17, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: >> >> On 25/11/11 09:31, Tim Allen wrote: >>> >>> I'm in the process of upgrading a Debian box to Squeeze, and on startup >>> it is hanging while loading modules/drivers (2.6.32). Problem is, the >>> start of the problem has flown off the screen before I can see it. >>> Nothing written to /var/log/dmesg at all. C-s/C-q no help. Is there a >>> way of stepping though or paging a startup? >>> >> >> Sometimes, Scroll Lock will work! If you still have that key... >> > Problem is I need a reaction time of about 1ms! > > > > Cheers > > Tim > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue >
Can't say for sure on other distros, but on both my Arch boxes *most* of what flashes over the screen at boot can be found in /var/log/kernel.log and /var/log/boot - a quick cursory glance into each suggests that it *should* have what you're trying to read at least. Of course, kernel.log isn't entirely human-readable in places, so it may or may not help much. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
