Re: Where can I check the system log files?

["Michele Della Marina" <dellamarina@gmail.com>]

/var/log is the path where you can find everything, but only if your
syslog daemon is running
(normally syslog is running)

On 6/6/06, Nay Oo <nayoo.deb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Today, I installed "telnetd" program in Sarge and system freezed totally
> at gdm login screen after reboot.
> After that, I booted the system in recovery mode and uninstalled
> "telnetd" program. Only after that, it worked normally.
>
> I want to check the log files? May I know where/which are the log files
> I need to check to investigate problems? Where are the locations of the
> log files in Debian where users can check when something strange things
> happen like that.
>
> Any helps or suggestions will be very much appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Nay Oo
>
>
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