Re: how to change number of saved lines on console
On Monday 06 February 2006 13:16, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>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.
Yes, there is that too, and I wish whoever is using the oddball puts()
would stop it, cause the only place it ever goes is to the screen
itself. Not having that stuff in the logs is a pita...
>-- hendrik
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