Re: Where to view bootup info ? dmesg ??
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:28:37PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:33:52 -0900
> Andy <list@firman.us> wrote:
>
> > >Andy initially wrote:
> > >So I did this command: grep -r cardmgr /var/log |less
> > >and can't find that message that scrolls by on bootup.
> >
> > >Then dave mallery wrote:
> > > less /var/log/dmesg
> >
> > It is not in there. I just checked again for the umpteeth time.
> >
> > Allow me to ask an even more basic question please:
> >
> > Is EVERY single message/text that scrolls by during boot up logged
> > into /var/log/dmesg ???
> >
> > If so ... then I am seeing things....
> >
> >
> AFAIK everything should be present in /var/log/messages
> (kernel messages at least)
Is that that word 'should'? _Some_ stuff is missing. I don't know
what, because it's missing. :-) But on occasions I have seen things
flash past on bootup, wanted to investigate further and failed to find
them in /var/log/anything.
Pigeon
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