Re: Where to view bootup info ? dmesg ??

[Andy <list@firman.us>]

> This should be in /var/log/syslog, /var/log/daemon.log, /var/log/kern.log.
> As long as the system is able to write to /var/log, everything should be
> there.
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Debian newbie here.....been waiting to ask this question for a long time.
When I boot my Debian laptop, the scrolling text shows cardmgr 
(with options listed) trying to start I guess.... but cardmgr does not really 
start.

I have to open a shell, su to root, and type "cardmgr".  Then my wireless NIC
beeps and gets a DHCP address and all is well.  But this is very annoying as 
I would like it to just come up on its own on bootup.

So I did this command:     grep -r cardmgr /var/log |less
and can't find that message that scrolls by on bootup.
BUT this was found in /var/log/syslog :
Dec  4 06:55:39 debian cardmgr[695]: watching 1 sockets
Dec  4 06:55:39 debian cardmgr[696]: starting, version is 3.2.1
Dec  4 06:55:39 debian cardmgr[696]: socket 0: Intel PRO/Wireless 2011
Dec  4 06:55:39 debian cardmgr[696]: executing: './network start eth1'
Dec  4 13:07:00 debian cardmgr[696]: executing: './network check eth1'
Dec  4 13:07:00 debian cardmgr[696]: executing: './network stop eth1'
Dec  4 13:07:00 debian cardmgr[696]: exiting

So this is where I do it manually.  Started at about 7am and shutdown at 1pm.
Where could that scrolling text on boot up be?  I can't find it.