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Re: Is there a complete log to the bootup messages?



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent West" <westk@acu.edu>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: Is there a complete log to the bootup messages?


> users@linuxforums.org wrote:
>
> >Do you know where can I find logs for the various init level?
> >
> >
> They should be in /var/log. For example, in my /etc/rc2.d, I have the
> script "S99kdm", which is a symlink to /etc/init.d/kdm. So I look in
> /var/log, and sure enough there's a "kdm.log" file.
>
> However, not all scripts create log files, and even if they do, they may
> not record the same information as what is echoed to screen during
> bootup. Thus my earlier suggestion to temporarily deactivate your
> graphical login manager, reboot, then Shift-PageUp to see the messages.
>
> -- 
> Kent
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