Re: Is there a complete log to the bootup messages?
Hi,
I remember reading some articles in the LinuxGazette vol0-8 about
this.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 03:18:25PM +0100, Geoff Thurman wrote:
> On Saturday 17 April 2004 1:41 pm, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Geoff Thurman wrote:
> > > On Saturday 17 April 2004 1:57 am, users@linuxforums.org wrote:
> > >>Before hitting the display manager, the bootup messages are
> > >> scrolling off the screen too fast. I saw some lines mentioning
> > >> about some modules not found. One of them is microcode module
> > >> (couldn't catch the rest).
> > >
> > > To halt the scroll, use Ctrl and S. Then Shift and Page Up should
> > > allow you to check what you have missed. Ctrl and Q to release the
> > > scroll lock.
> >
> > Now this has (?) to be version related?. When I hit Ctrl-s the scoll
> > lock light goes on and indeed scrolling stops, but then shift-Pgup
> > does nothing. But Ctrl-q does release the scroll lock. Where are
> > these keys documented?
> >
> > Hugo
>
> Hello Hugo,
>
> That's interesting; I'll have to remember to add YMMV in future. I
> think the Ctrl-s and Ctrl-q bit might be in Paul Sheer's RUTE User's
> Tutorial and Exposition, but I'm not sure. I first saw it in a post on
> this list, from, I think, Colin Watson. The shift-Pgup bit might
> perhaps be from trial and error; I just know it works for me and
> assumed it probably would for others. Did you try Ctrl-Pgup as well?
> That sometimes works in consoles, if I remember right. Even Pgup on its
> own might be worth trying.
>
> FWIW I'm using Woody, with a 2.4.18-1-k6 kernel.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
>
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