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Re: Anyone using ulogd?



Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net> writes:
> * Gary Hennigan (glhenni@sandia.gov) [020501 14:35]:
> > I've tried everything! The console messages I could live with, but
> > losing the important stuff in dmesg output was the killer. So much
> > stuff from iptables that the important stuff in dmesg output was
> > pushed off the top. Unfortunately *nothing* I tried would get rid of
> 
> Do you not have a /var/log/dmesg ? It should be created in
> /etc/init.d/bootmisc with all the info in the ring at that point (which
> is just the boot messages). It's not a solution, but maybe it's a
> workaround for you. If you're looking specifically for messages since
> boot, this won't help you at all. It's a matter of what "the important
> stuff" you refer to is.

Thanks for that info Vineet! I did not know that dmesg output was
stored in that file during boot. Of course I got ulog to work so it's
not an issue any more, but it's nice to know about /var/log/dmesg
anyway!

Gary


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