Re: Can't read bootup message
Thanx guys,
Ctrl-S stuff works well (so does scroll lock) the SHIFT-PgUp is cool
Edwin Lau
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:04:28AM -0600, Jimmy Richards wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:40:14AM +0200, Matthias Fechner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> >
> > > I noticed that when I booted up Linux, I saw some error message. But the message just when very fast that I couldn't really read it. dmesg and the message file didn't have that error. I think it was some shell script error. Can anyone show me a way to show all the message in some kind of log file for the bootup process.
> >
>
> Hi Mattias,
>
> The best way to examine init errors that aren't logged to 'dmesg' is
> to use the 'Suspend' control key. Suspend can be used once the kernel
> has booted up enough that kernel has enabled it. It is not long into the
> boot sequence before it is enabled. When the boot sequence comes to the
> point where you start receiving the error messages, press CTRL-S. This
> suspends processing of the bootup sequence temporarily. If the message
> you want see has scrolled off the screen, use SHIFT+PAGE_UP to scroll up
> a page at a time. SHIFT+PAGE_DOWN can be used to scroll back down. To
> Start the boot sequence back up from it's suspended state, hit CTRL+Q.
> You can see the CTRL-S and CTRL-Q keyboard bindings in the command 'stty
> -a' if you wanna a look.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jim Richards
>
>
> > Gruss
> > Matthias
> >
> >
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