Re: console messages flit by too fast
Dan Jacobson said:
> Isn't there something that I can turn on to capture all these, or are we
> too early in the startup?
turn on serial console in lilo.conf, and check to be sure your kernel
has serial console support. for 2.2.x kernels the options would be:
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
check /boot/config-`uname -r`
I think the lilo setting is
append="console=ttyS0"
or something like that, run a google search for serial console linux and
you'll find tons of matches.
then when booting the machine, hook up the console to another system
which can log the output of the process to a file, and you get your ulimited
console buffer on the 2nd machine which is useful incase the first machine
is crashing or something.
> Am I supposed to boot my system thru some remote terminal like the
> certainly must do a Linux Labs so they can scroll back? But I only have 1
> equipment and am not into learning something fancy.
if you only have 1 system, I'd suggest getting another. you can get
crappy computers pretty cheap these days.
> Perhaps all the stupid questions I post about why I can't enter the audio
> age could be solved if I didn't miss one of those ominous
> messages that go by too fast.
not sure. haven't read those messages. my opinion is for the best basic
audio experience get a soundblaster PCI 128 (ES1370/ES1371), they run
about $20 probably. I use them in all my linux machines that need sound.
>
> I hit ALT CTRL F1 etc. but I don't suppose those `man console(4)` tty can
> be scrolled backwards.
most likely if your booting directly into X the console log will be
lost when X loads(at least if your using a display manager). Disable
X from loading on boot and you can scroll back a certain amount(usually
~20 screens of data). And DO NOT CHANGE CONSOLES if your going to scroll,
if you change to console #2 the scrollback buffer from the other console
is immediately wiped. Which is why it's good to setup console on serial
port.
if you were in the U.S. I could sell you one of the computers I have, my
former company gave me 15 systems for payment for some contracting work
I did...
nate
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