Re: newbie boot question

[michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:15 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > Obviously, there are some messages which may be unretrieveable
> > even in principle. Until some persistent file system gets mounted,
> > nothing is stored. So, if the machine fails to come up to the
> > point where it has mounted a persistent file system, nothing
> > can be saved. If messages are stored in a non-persistent
> > area (which I doubt) before that point, then after then they
> > could be copied to a persistent file system, like /etc/something.
> > 
> > What exactly is your ultimate goal?
> > 
> > Mike
> I want to correct some mistakes I must have made when running xconfig.
> 

Shouldn't you be looking at /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or sim) then (and
not worrying about bootlog)?

-- 
Michael Bane
Atmospheric Physics Group
University of Manchester