On Monday 17 October 2005 13:18, Christoph Gysin wrote: > Jerry McBride wrote: > > No. Once the kernel reboots, the dmesg data is lost. Unless ofcourse you > > put this in /etc/conf.d/local.start: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > # /etc/conf.d/local.start > > /bin/dmesg > /var/log/dmesg > > > > Then you will at the least have a log of the current dmesg, which could > > be rotated. > > Yes that would be possible. But since the OP's kernel doesn't even boot up, > it's not an option. >
He was asking how to see the previous dmesg output.... this would do it on future boot ups... > With baselayout 1.12.0 there will be an option in /etc/rc.conf called > RC_BOOTLOG="yes" to enable saving kernel output to /var/log *after* a > successful boot. > > Christoph > -- > echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! 8:15pm up 29 days, 10:40, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.07, 0.08 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list