Re: newbie boot question
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 07:57 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote:
> michael wrote:
> >>michael wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>How do I retrieve the messages that I see when booting?
> >>>>dmesg does not have all the information.
> >>>>I'm using kernel 2.6.13.2
> >>>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>enable /etc/default/bootlogd:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>$ cat /etc/default/bootlogd
> >>># Run bootlogd at startup ?
> >>>BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>I did the above, rebooted and can't find thelog anywhere.
> >>Could you tell me where it should be and what its name is?
> >
> >
> > look at 'man bootlogd' (hint: 'man -k boot' gives all man pages about 'boot')
> >
> > hint 2: most logs are in /var/log
> >
> >
>
> Here's what I tried - still need help
> Thanks
>
> jim@debian-pent:/dev$ /sbin/bootlogd -l /var/log/boot.
> bootlogd: cannot find console device 136:1 in /dev
no idea why you're trying the above
> jim@debian-pent:/dev$ ls c*
> cdrom cdrw console core
>
> cpu:
> 0 microcode
> jim@debian-pent:/dev$ cat /etc/default/bootlogd
> # Run bootlogd at startup ?
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
> jim@debian-pent:/dev$
but what does
ls -l /var/log/boot
give you?!
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