Re: newbie boot question
Mike McCarty wrote: 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 Obviously, there are some messages which may be unretrieveable even in principle. Until some persistent file system gets mounted, nothing is stored. So, if the machine fails to come up to the point where it has mounted a persistent file system, nothing can be saved. If messages are stored in a non-persistent area (which I doubt) before that point, then after then they could be copied to a persistent file system, like /etc/something. What exactly is your ultimate goal? Mike I want to correct some mistakes I must have made when running xconfig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:15 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: 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 Obviously, there are some messages which may be unretrieveable even in principle. Until some persistent file system gets mounted, nothing is stored. So, if the machine fails to come up to the point where it has mounted a persistent file system, nothing can be saved. If messages are stored in a non-persistent area (which I doubt) before that point, then after then they could be copied to a persistent file system, like /etc/something. What exactly is your ultimate goal? Mike I want to correct some mistakes I must have made when running xconfig. Shouldn't you be looking at /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or sim) then (and not worrying about bootlog)? -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
michael wrote: 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 The above line points to not finding console, but one can see that it is there from below 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/log/boot ls: /var/log/boot: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]: give you?! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
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 [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$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
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]
Re: newbie boot question
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
Obviously, there are some messages which may be unretrieveable
even in principle. Until some persistent file system gets mounted,
nothing is stored. So, if the machine fails to come up to the
point where it has mounted a persistent file system, nothing
can be saved. If messages are stored in a non-persistent
area (which I doubt) before that point, then after then they
could be copied to a persistent file system, like /etc/something.
What exactly is your ultimate goal?
Mike
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newbie boot question
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
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 -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
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 Good question. I'd like to know this too. I always thought that short of puting up an external serial interface, this wasn't possible. Angelo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
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? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 03:52:27PM -0400, Jim wrote: I did the above, rebooted and can't find thelog anywhere. Could you tell me where it should be and what its name is? Thanks Try /var/log/boot. I sometimes use ls -ltr /var/log to look for the most recently modified log files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot question
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
