Re: boot logging
Wackojacko said...
> > Adam writes:
> >
> > OK. I'm with you so far. Now that I seem to have boot logging working,
> > where is the actual output? Checking in /var/log didn't reveal anything.
> >
> > According to man, the default output is /var/log/boot but I don't have
> > one.
> >
> > From the bootlogd script, it seems that bootlogd is being started without
> > any options, so the default log file should be where it goes.
> >
> > Man does say intriguingly:
> >
> > Bootlogd tries to parse the kernel command line, looking for console=
> > lines and deducts the real console device from that. If that syntax is
> > ever changed by the kernel, or a console-type is used bootlogd does not
> > know about, bootlogd will not work.
> >
> > Could that be what is happening?
>
> I have the same problem with Bootlog. AFAIK its due to udev renaming the
> console just as you described above. If you watch the very bootlog messages
> you are trying to capture you should see an error saying something like
> 'bootlogd: ioctl (/dev/ttyzf, TIOCCONS): Bad file descriptor '. I have yet
> to find a solution to this problem myself. This may not be your problem,
> but at least it could save you some wasted time if it is :).
I see this same message. This is on a clean Debian 3.1 install with
2.6.8 kernel.
This is with the line in
/etc/default/bootlogd
set to =Yes
and bootlogd off in the rcx.d scripts
I can enable the service in the runlevel - which creates the bootlog
file - but it starts too late to produce a useful list of messages.
I've scoured the Debian docs - FAQ, Install, User, Reference - and
failed to find a reference to the bootlog.
Where is this process documented? Particularly, the use of
/etc/default/bootlogd
See also:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/05/msg00057.html
http://www.golden-gryphon.com/cgi-bin/archzoom.cgi/srivasta@debian.org--
2005-selinux/sysvinit--upstream--2.0--base-0/contrib/TODO
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/349486
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Best,
Marc
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