I recall that there is a way to scroll back up and see boot messages
from the console. I can't remember what it was though. Can someone
refresh my memory.
Also why are not all boot message logged into /var/log/messages ?
Thanks.
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Stan Brown [EMAIL
You can use the console scrollback with the Shift-PageUp/PageDown keys. The
alternative is the dmesg (8) command which shows the kernel bootup and all the
later messages.
I guess the reason that not all the messages don't show in /var/log/messages
is that they are generated by the startup
Karl Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
SHIFT PGUP/PGDN works for me during boot time.
Yes, except that once the login prompt has popped up, you lose your
entire scrollback buffer (at least I do). So you have to use scroll
lock to pause the boot process before you get to that point. Then you
Try dmesg
Gary Lee
On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Stan Brown wrote:
I recall that there is a way to scroll back up and see boot messages
from the console. I can't remember what it was though. Can someone
refresh my memory.
Also why are not all boot message logged into
Yes, except that once the login prompt has popped up, you lose your
entire scrollback buffer (at least I do).
You lose your scrollback buffer when you switch away from your virtual
console. For example, when X starts.
Under FreeBSD, I can switch to another vty, switch back, and still
scroll
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