Gene Heskett wrote:
On Monday 06 February 2006 13:06, 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.If you are building your own kernel, increased buffer capacity is as close as a make xconfig, reset it, rebuild and reinstall, reboot.The correct line in the .config to adjust is this one: CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16It probably has a 14 in there now, for a 16k buffer, the 16 above is 64k.
having a look on the CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT and related options, a question is arising.
could changing the CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y to CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=nsomehow change the situtation? if so how? it isn't particularly clear to me from the help in the [menu/x]config.
thanks for any hints. regards, -- Lubos _@_"