where do I find /var/log/install.log?
G'day listers I recently had cause to restore my 10.5.5 system from Time Machine. In doing so it didn't restore my user scripts stored on the boot library/ scripts/folder action scripts. Turned out they were saved, just not restored. I reported as a bug, but now apple want a log, with no directions on how to find said log. Can anyone tell me how to locate it please (no,spotlight doesn't work) "This is a courtesy email regarding Bug ID# 6267014. Engineering has requested the following information in order to further investigate this issue: If this is reproducible, please upload a /var/log/install.log to this report." Regards Santa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On 14/11/2008, at 5:27 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:18 AM, Brian Christmas wrote: > >> I recently had cause to restore my 10.5.5 system from Time Machine. >> In doing so it didn't restore my user scripts stored on the boot >> library/scripts/folder action scripts. Turned out they were saved, >> just not restored. >> >> I reported as a bug, but now apple want a log, with no directions on >> how to find said log. >> >> Can anyone tell me how to locate it please (no,spotlight doesn't >> work) >> >> "This is a courtesy email regarding Bug ID# 6267014. Engineering has >> requested the following information in order to further investigate >> this issue: >> >> If this is reproducible, please upload a /var/log/install.log to >> this report." > > Open Utilities>Console. Hit the "Show Log List" icon in upper left. In > the log list at the very bottom is /var/log/ and open it with the > little cravat and find install.log. Highlight and select File>Save a > Copy as Attach copy to the report. Thanks Kris Santa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On 14/11/2008, at 5:27 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: >> In the log list at the very bottom is /var/log/ and open it with >> the little cravat and find install.log. I wrote this above, but I'm wondering . . . I called the little triangle icon that expands a directory in list format a "cravat" but I think this is wrong perhaps? I know, a cravat is a necktie, but is it also this triangle icon? If not, what is it called? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:18 AM, Brian Christmas wrote: > I recently had cause to restore my 10.5.5 system from Time Machine. > In doing so it didn't restore my user scripts stored on the boot > library/scripts/folder action scripts. Turned out they were saved, > just not restored. > > I reported as a bug, but now apple want a log, with no directions on > how to find said log. > > Can anyone tell me how to locate it please (no,spotlight doesn't work) > > "This is a courtesy email regarding Bug ID# 6267014. Engineering has > requested the following information in order to further investigate > this issue: > > If this is reproducible, please upload a /var/log/install.log to > this report." Open Utilities>Console. Hit the "Show Log List" icon in upper left. In the log list at the very bottom is /var/log/ and open it with the little cravat and find install.log. Highlight and select File>Save a Copy as Attach copy to the report. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
Kris Tilford wrote: > On 14/11/2008, at 5:27 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >>> In the log list at the very bottom is /var/log/ and open it with >>> the little cravat and find install.log. > > I wrote this above, but I'm wondering . . . I called the little > triangle icon that expands a directory in list format a "cravat" but I > think this is wrong perhaps? I know, a cravat is a necktie, but is it > also this triangle icon? If not, what is it called? > Caret (May be spelled wrong. It is early here). I refrained from answering the original question with "/var/log and look for the file named install.log." Politeness got the better of the UNIX guy in me. Peace, Dennis in Victoria --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
Previously, at 0:57 pm -0600 11/14/08, Kris Tilford wrote: >I wrote this above, but I'm wondering . . . I called >the little >triangle icon that expands a directory in list format >a "cravat" but I >think this is wrong perhaps? I know, a cravat is a >necktie, but is it >also this triangle icon? If not, what is it called? caret -- Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. -- G. K. Chesterton --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On Nov 13, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > G'day listers > > I recently had cause to restore my 10.5.5 system from Time Machine. In > doing so it didn't restore my user scripts stored on the boot library/ > scripts/folder action scripts. Turned out they were saved, just not > restored. > > I reported as a bug, but now apple want a log, with no directions on > how to find said log. > > Can anyone tell me how to locate it please (no,spotlight doesn't work) > > "This is a courtesy email regarding Bug ID# 6267014. Engineering has > requested the following information in order to further investigate > this issue: > > If this is reproducible, please upload a /var/log/install.log to this > report." /var/log is part of the infamous Unix Underbelly parts of OS X. This is the standard place for Unix system applications to save their log files. To navigate here in the Finder, select Go> Go to folder and enter /var/ log in the box (remember /'s mean folder boundaries in Unix speak, / var/log is the folder log inside the folder var at the very top level of the system (which is normally hidden from the Finder).) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
At 09:05 -0700 11/14/08, Bruce Johnson wrote: >/var/log is part of the infamous Unix Underbelly parts of OS X. > >This is the standard place for Unix system applications to save their >log files. > >To navigate here in the Finder, select Go> Go to folder and enter /var/ >log in the box (remember /'s mean folder boundaries in Unix speak, / >var/log is the folder log inside the folder var at the very top level >of the system (which is normally hidden from the Finder).) Actually on my box, 10.3.9, the var directory is /private/var. /private is declared a hidden directory so Finder won't show it even though it doesn't start with a dot. Infamous is clearly the correct phrase. I'm sure the folks working on the bug report have no real idea that Finder doesn't allow you to just select the log file and attach it. If you need access via Finder you can create a symbolic link to the /var, /etc, /tmp, and others and put the links on the root, /, Finder will then let you in because it treats the links the same as it would an alias. ln -s /private/etc /_etc ln -s /private/var /_var for instance. The underline can be pretty much anything but it can't be a dot or a slash. -- --> A fair tax is one that you pay but I don't <-- --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On Nov 14, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Doug McNutt wrote: > > > Infamous is clearly the correct phrase. I'm sure the folks working > on the bug report have no real idea that Finder doesn't allow you to > just select the log file and attach it. > > If you need access via Finder you can create a symbolic link to the > /var, /etc, /tmp, and others and put the links on the root, /, > Finder will then let you in because it treats the links the same as > it would an alias. > > ln -s /private/etc /_etc > ln -s /private/var /_var > > for instance. The underline can be pretty much anything but it can't > be a dot or a slash. OS X has ALWAYS, since the 10.0 beta, had symlinks to the 'normal' unix directory structure at the root of the drive, /tmp, /var, /etc... They're also hidden from the Finder, but if you follow my directions on a stock OS X system you WILL get the correct results. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
Doug McNutt wrote: > Actually on my box, 10.3.9, the var directory is /private/var. > /private is declared a hidden directory so Finder won't show it > even though it doesn't start with a dot. > > Infamous is clearly the correct phrase. I'm sure the folks working > on the bug report have no real idea that Finder doesn't allow you to > just select the log file and attach it. > > If you need access via Finder you can create a symbolic link to the > /var, /etc, /tmp, and others and put the links on the root, /, > Finder will then let you in because it treats the links the same as > it would an alias. > > ln -s /private/etc /_etc > ln -s /private/var /_var > > for instance. The underline can be pretty much anything but it can't > be a dot or a slash. There should already be softlinks to those and other directories that are in /private. The OS creates them as part of the system install. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On Nov 14, 1:27 am, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open Utilities>Console. Hit the "Show Log List" icon in upper left. In > the log list at the very bottom is /var/log/ and open it with the > little cravat and find install.log. Highlight and select File>Save a > Copy as Attach copy to the report. I have reason to follow this because of a problem that I will write up on the imaclist. Anyway, on my aluminum Intel Mac with OS X 10.5.2, "install.log" and four items below that are greyed out and will not highlight to open. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On Nov 14, 1:27 am, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open Utilities>Console. Hit the "Show Log List" icon in upper left. In > the log list at the very bottom is /var/log/ and open it with the > little cravat and find install.log. Highlight and select File>Save a > Copy as Attach copy to the report. I just removed a comment from the web page on this. I was trying these instructions in a user account. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: where do I find /var/log/install.log?
On 15/11/2008, at 2:31 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: > > Previously, at 0:57 pm -0600 11/14/08, Kris Tilford > wrote: >> I wrote this above, but I'm wondering . . . I called >> the little >> triangle icon that expands a directory in list format >> a "cravat" but I >> think this is wrong perhaps? I know, a cravat is a >> necktie, but is it >> also this triangle icon? If not, what is it called? > > > caret > -- > Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies > because they become fashions. > -- G. K. Chesterton G'day According to the Characters palette, the caret symbol is the ‸ symbol ▶▼ are listed as right and down black triangles. A Chevron comes close, being listed on the net as and upwards or downwards triangle. Regards Santa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
