Re: screen snapshot
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, tko wrote: > Wintermute writes: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about > > > dmesg > > > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ > > > dmesg > > > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen > > > before > > > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > > > find out what they are. 8-) > > > > As for taking a snapshot I'm not sure .but you can access things that > > roll off > > of the screen by holding down shift and pressing the page up key to browse > > through > > the buffer. > > I already tried that. It doesn't work. I beleive that the buffer hasn't been > set up yet until the login prompt. The stuff that I need to see appears > _before_ the login prompt shows. > I have no idea how linux implements said scrolling, but I can scroll back to the messages that are printed before the operating system loads (on a system that doesn't wipe the screen before and after scanning the SCSI), thusly: --8< AMIBIOS (C)1992 American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS Version 1.00.05.CV2 0032768 KB Please Wait... Keyboard.Detected MouseDetected ATAPI Device Installed MATSHITA CR-583 Floppy A: Installed NCR SDMS (TM) V3.0 PCI SCSI BIOS, PCI Rev. 2.0 Copyright 1993 NCR Corporation. NCRPCI-3.07.00 ID 00 HP C3325A ID 04 iomega jaz 1GB j Enter Password (1): LILO Loading Linux Uncompressing Linux...done. Now booting the kernel Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fd2e0 pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfd2f0 pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd311 Probing PCI hardware. Warning : Unknown PCI device (1002:5654). Please read include/linux/pci.h Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 53.04 BogoMIPS Memory: 30880k/32768k available (732k kernel code, 384k reserved, 772k data) Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 --8< etc. etc. But I'm glad vga=6 helped you. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: screen snapshot
Jason Gunthorpe writes: > > > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about > > dmesg > > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen > > before > > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > > find out what they are. 8-) > > Sometimes interesting errors and warnings will end up in /var/log/*. What > I did though is add 'vga=6' to /etc/lilo.conf to boot into 80x50 line > mode, then nothing scrolls off in the first place ;> Hurray! the 'vga=6' did the trick! Thanks You, Thank You! -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: screen snapshot
Wintermute writes: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about > > dmesg > > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen > > before > > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > > find out what they are. 8-) > > > > As for taking a snapshot I'm not sure .but you can access things that > roll off > of the screen by holding down shift and pressing the page up key to browse > through > the buffer. I already tried that. It doesn't work. I beleive that the buffer hasn't been set up yet until the login prompt. The stuff that I need to see appears _before_ the login prompt shows. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: screen snapshot
Well, you could try hitting "screen lock" key. That shout frize the screen. And let you read whatever. PS: Sorry if the key is not called "screen lock", but I am spanish and my keyboard calles it "Bloq Despl" --> "Bloqueo Desplazamiento" Ranty On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > hmm.. look in /var/log/messages > > -Paul > > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about > > dmesg > > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen > > before > > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > > find out what they are. 8-) > > > > -- > > -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- > > Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL > > @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address > > --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: screen snapshot
hmm.. look in /var/log/messages -Paul On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about dmesg > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen before > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > find out what they are. 8-) > > -- > -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- > Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL > @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address > --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: screen snapshot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about dmesg > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen before > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > find out what they are. 8-) > As for taking a snapshot I'm not sure .but you can access things that roll off of the screen by holding down shift and pressing the page up key to browse through the buffer. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: screen snapshot
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about dmesg > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen before > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > find out what they are. 8-) Sometimes interesting errors and warnings will end up in /var/log/*. What I did though is add 'vga=6' to /etc/lilo.conf to boot into 80x50 line mode, then nothing scrolls off in the first place ;> Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
screen snapshot
This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about dmesg but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen before the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could find out what they are. 8-) -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
