I think you will find these messages in ~/.xsession-errors HTH, Bill
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David B. Carter > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] How to Capture Text Mode Output? > > > dmesg gave me the output from the bootup sequence but nothing beyond that. > I dug through the files in /var/log/ and found that the stuff that flashed > quickly between the time I entered my selection in Xtart and the time the > window manager appeared was in /var/log/kdm.log and it appears to be > canned text that doesn't change because the date on the file is Oct 1 > which, if I'm not mistaken coincides with the time I started messing > around with changing display managers and ultimately booting to runlevel > 3. > > As for the errors that appear to be generated while the window manager is > running and are there waiting for me when I go back to text mode, I can't > find them in any of the files. For example, when I exit Pekwm, there are > some PyPanel errors that contain the path to my Python install. When I do > a > > grep -r python /var/log/ > > The only hits I get back are from rpmdrake logs from the day I first > installed the Python devel package. > > Anyway, I guess it's not that big of a deal if the majority of that stuff > was canned text from kdm.log (although I'm curious as to what triggers > that to be displayed and what it all means). > > Hoyt Bailey said: > > On Wednesday 06 October 2004 07:01, David B. Carter wrote: > >> I don't know if my subject line made any sense, but what I'm trying > >> to do is this: I recently switched from booting in runlevel 5 to > >> runlevel 3. I'm using Xtart to give me a choice of window managers. > >> Since I started doing that, I am noticing several errors and warnings > >> fly by in text mode before the screen switches into graphics mode and > >> launches my window manager of choice. When I log out of my window > >> manager session, some of the info (plus additional output generated > >> during my session) is visible on the screen, but much of it has > >> already scrolled off the top. > >> > >> I want to know how I can capture all that info so that I can look at > >> it after my session is over. I tried using the "pause" key to pause > >> before the screen switches to graphics mode, but no dice. So, is > >> there a way that I can either page up and see the text mode output > >> that has already scrolled up or redirect the output to a file or > >> something like that? > >> > >> Thanks. > > Try 'dmesg'. > > >
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