Curt Howland wrote:
Now, the boot messages scroll off so fast I can't read them, and the
log doesn't pick up all of them. Some times I really miss being able
to read them as they went by, especially when I see something "Gee,
that doesn't look right..." and poof it's gone.
This is why I don't use a login manager (like [kwxg]dm); as long as the
system doesn't switch to a graphical VT (or is it any VT?), you're able
to Shift-PgUp/Dn through the boot messages after logging in.
Since booting up is a rare thing, the extra step of typing "startx &" to
get X started is an extremely minimal price to pay for living without a
graphical login manager.