Re: Tracking boot messages

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:53:51 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote:

> Hello, list.  I am trying to find a way to track boot messages.  I know
> about things like
> 
>    dmesg|less
> 
> and
> 
>    less /var/log/syslog
> 
> but they don't cover everything.  For example, /etc/init.d/console-setup
> issues a message during boot that goes something like this:
> 
>    Setting up console font and keymap
> 
> and this does not appear in either dmesg output or in /var/log/syslog.

(...)

(see the responses in the other user's e-mails, you have to manually 
enable this)

What I can't see is why this logging facility is not enabled by default. 
I also think it should be kept in a unique file, instead to be split in "/
var/log/dmesg" and "/var/log/boot", IMO it would be easier to read, 
interpret and debug...

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón