Re: How to see module errors on bootup?

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Brent Buchholz wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Kent West wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >
> >Can anyone clue me in as to how I can get to these messages?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> They should be in /var/log/syslog.

Well, you'd think so. There are some error messages in there, but not
the ones that are generated by modules being loaded (at least not the
ones I see during bootup).

Just as a test, I rebooted just now and checked /var/log/syslog; nope,
the errors are not there.

Thanks anyway!
> 
> Brent
> 
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