Re: reading boot messages

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Lubos Vrbka wrote:

>> how can I read the boot messages?  I've had some big problems today
>> which I'll use other emails for but now when I reboot, suddenly
>> ifconfig reports a ppp0 and ppp1.  Before I only had a ppp0.  I got
>> some sort of ppp error with instructions but I can't read it fast
>> enough.  I can't see it switching to tty1 and dmesg doesn't reveal the
>> information.  Any help?
>
> you can also try using shift-pageup / shift-pagedown after boot on
> your console. it should scroll up and down, this way you may be able
> to see your error...

But you'll need to disable any GUI login managers first, because once
the system shifts to another VT, the scrolling memory is lost.

-- 
Kent