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Re: How to see module errors on bootup?



Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes:

> I know "dmesg" will show the boot-up messages generated (by the 
> kernel?); however, this apparently doesn't show the errors generated by 
> modules being loaded. These messages go by too fast to catch, and then I 
> haven't been able to find a way to read them again.

ehm, you can scroll on the linux console with shift+page_down/page_up.
you can also use "flow control". with Ctrl+s you "freeze" your terminal,
wake it up again with Ctrl+q. (BTW: with cat and flow control you really
have a nice pager ;) )
also, check the log files under /var/log/.

	moritz
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