Re: Messages from starting services while booting
Hello Cindy-Sue,
op 25-09-14 15:08, Cindy-Sue Causey schreef:
> On 9/25/14, Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using Wheezy, and on some machines I see messages from starting
>> services while booting, and on some machines I don't see them.
>>
>> Can somebody explain me how this works? I have the idea that I don't see
>> messages on fast machines.
>>
>> And can I control this? On some servers I like to see the messages from
>> the services when the machine boots.
>
>
> Can't explain the how's and why's but an Internet search just found
> this at Debian Wiki:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/bootlogd
Bootlogd is about logging those messages in a logfile.
I am talking about showing the messages on the screen while booting.
> If bootlogd's not installed, it's installable for *some* distros, if
> not all.
Maybe bootlogd does not work with systemd, what's the default in newer
Debian versions. I am talking about Wheezy.
> Open "/etc/default/rcS" as root and you *should* find two lines similar to:
>
> # be more verbose during the boot process
> VERBOSE=no
I've checked the settings of this file, but it is on all machines the
default, a disabled line. So this cannot be the point.
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
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Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen
http://www.vandervlis.nl
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