Re: how to change number of saved lines on console
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 10:06:00AM -0800, David Kirchner wrote:
> On 2/6/06, Lubos Vrbka <lubos.vrbka@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi guys,
> >
> > is it possible to change (increase) the number of lines that are saved
> > on console? i would like to be able to scroll through the whole boot
> > process history. right now it allows me to go approximately one and half
> > pages back...
> >
> > thanks,
>
> I don't have the answer to your question, but you can run "dmesg" to
> view the console messages. The buffer is limited in size, so you'll
> want to run it immediately after boot. I prefer to use a init.d
> script, set up to run last, to run "dmesg > /var/run/dmesg.boot", so I
> have a copy handy at all times.
>
That's the best I've found, too. Unfortunately, I've occasionally
notices a few lines scolling by during boot that do not show up in dmesg
output. Whatever writes them out must bypass the normal procedure for
emitting messages.
-- hendrik
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