* [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... @ 2006-02-06 13:39 Fredrik Lundgren 2006-02-06 14:13 ` Neil Bothwick 2006-02-06 14:18 ` Michael Kintzios 0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Fredrik Lundgren @ 2006-02-06 13:39 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user Dear Gentoos, Is the information that runs on the screen before and after X is started or closed saved in some place or can it be saved or retrieved somehow? Fredrik -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 13:39 [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen Fredrik Lundgren @ 2006-02-06 14:13 ` Neil Bothwick 2006-02-06 17:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam ` (2 more replies) 2006-02-06 14:18 ` Michael Kintzios 1 sibling, 3 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Neil Bothwick @ 2006-02-06 14:13 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 462 bytes --] On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:39:38 +0100, Fredrik Lundgren wrote: > Is the information that runs on the screen before and after X is > started or closed saved in some place or can it be saved or retrieved > somehow? The early part of the startup information is available from dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. -- Neil Bothwick I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant. [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 189 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* [gentoo-user] Re: ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 14:13 ` Neil Bothwick @ 2006-02-06 17:28 ` Harry Putnam 2006-02-06 17:33 ` Harry Putnam 2006-02-10 9:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Jorge Almeida 2 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Harry Putnam @ 2006-02-06 17:28 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> writes: > The early part of the startup information is available from > dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG > in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. Sounded like OP might have meant just when X starts and stops. To: Fredrick Have you looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* [gentoo-user] Re: ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 14:13 ` Neil Bothwick 2006-02-06 17:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam @ 2006-02-06 17:33 ` Harry Putnam 2006-02-06 20:34 ` Neil Bothwick 2006-02-06 21:13 ` Peter Ruskin 2006-02-10 9:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Jorge Almeida 2 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Harry Putnam @ 2006-02-06 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> writes: > The early part of the startup information is available from > dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG > in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. Where do the logs go from setting that. Added to dmesg? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 17:33 ` Harry Putnam @ 2006-02-06 20:34 ` Neil Bothwick 2006-02-06 21:13 ` Peter Ruskin 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Neil Bothwick @ 2006-02-06 20:34 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 414 bytes --] On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:33:44 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > > The early part of the startup information is available from > > dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG > > in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. > > Where do the logs go from setting that. Added to dmesg? /var/log/boot.msg -- Neil Bothwick "Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule." [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 189 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 17:33 ` Harry Putnam 2006-02-06 20:34 ` Neil Bothwick @ 2006-02-06 21:13 ` Peter Ruskin 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Peter Ruskin @ 2006-02-06 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user On Monday 06 February 2006 17:33, Harry Putnam wrote: > Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> writes: > > The early part of the startup information is available from > > dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG > > in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. > > Where do the logs go from setting that. Added to dmesg? /var/log/boot.msg -- Peter ======================================================================== Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.54. kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1. i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.4.5. KDE: 3.5.1. Qt: 3.3.4. ======================================================================== -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 14:13 ` Neil Bothwick 2006-02-06 17:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam 2006-02-06 17:33 ` Harry Putnam @ 2006-02-10 9:09 ` Jorge Almeida 2006-02-10 9:32 ` Robert Crawford 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Jorge Almeida @ 2006-02-10 9:09 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:39:38 +0100, Fredrik Lundgren wrote: > >> Is the information that runs on the screen before and after X is >> started or closed saved in some place or can it be saved or retrieved >> somehow? > > The early part of the startup information is available from > dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG > in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. > I gave it a try, and it seems that not everything gets logged: $ cat /var/log/boot.msg * Activating (possible) swap ... [ ok ] * Checking root filesystem ... /home: clean, 48404/256512 files, 122807/512064 blocks [ ok ] * Remounting root filesystem read/write ... [ ok ] * Setting hostname to moria ... [ ok ] * Calculating module dependencies ... * System.map not found - unable to check symbols [ ok ] * Checking all filesystems ... /boot: clean, 45/8032 files, 9889/32098 blocks /1: clean, 237777/768544 files, 880666/1536215 blocks /dev/hda12: clean, 35/131616 files, 4220/263056 blocks /dev/hdb1: clean, 14439/3842720 files, 4020444/7679062 blocks /dev/hdb4: clean, 62419/4374528 files, 2600814/8747392 blocks /dev/hda13: clean, 66726/1284224 files, 802063/2568384 blocks /: clean, 4035/513024 files, 40118/1024143 blocks /dev/hda11: clean, 141207/780288 files, 1043596/1560305 blocks (check in 2 mounts) /dev/hda10: clean, 2559/788704 files, 971368/1574362 blocks [ ok ] * Mounting local filesystems ... [ ok ] * Mounting USB device filesystem (usbfs) ... [ ok ] * Activating (possibly) more swap ... [ ok ] * Setting system clock using the hardware clock [UTC] ... [ ok ] * Configuring kernel parameters ... [ ok ] * Updating environment ... [ ok ] * Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run ... [ ok ] * Cleaning /tmp directory ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging input devices ... [ ok ] * Coldplugging isapnp devices ... [ ok ] What about everything from "Coldplugging pnp devices ..." to the end (net, local, etc.) ? Is this normal? -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-10 9:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Jorge Almeida @ 2006-02-10 9:32 ` Robert Crawford 2006-02-10 10:46 ` Michael Kintzios 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Robert Crawford @ 2006-02-10 9:32 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user Same problem here- I've tried for a while to figure it out, with no luck. I'd also like to not have it not overwritten with each boot, and appended instead. On Friday 10 February 2006 04:09, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:39:38 +0100, Fredrik Lundgren wrote: > >> Is the information that runs on the screen before and after X is > >> started or closed saved in some place or can it be saved or retrieved > >> somehow? > > > > The early part of the startup information is available from > > dmesg. The next stage can be logged if you set RC_BOOTLOG > > in /etc/conf.d/rc. see the comments in that file. > > I gave it a try, and it seems that not everything gets logged: > $ cat /var/log/boot.msg > > * Activating (possible) swap ... > [ ok ] > * Checking root filesystem ... > /home: clean, 48404/256512 files, 122807/512064 blocks > [ ok ] > * Remounting root filesystem read/write ... > [ ok ] > * Setting hostname to moria ... > [ ok ] > * Calculating module dependencies ... > * System.map not found - unable to check symbols > [ ok ] > * Checking all filesystems ... > /boot: clean, 45/8032 files, 9889/32098 blocks > /1: clean, 237777/768544 files, 880666/1536215 blocks > /dev/hda12: clean, 35/131616 files, 4220/263056 blocks > /dev/hdb1: clean, 14439/3842720 files, 4020444/7679062 blocks > /dev/hdb4: clean, 62419/4374528 files, 2600814/8747392 blocks > /dev/hda13: clean, 66726/1284224 files, 802063/2568384 blocks > /: clean, 4035/513024 files, 40118/1024143 blocks > /dev/hda11: clean, 141207/780288 files, 1043596/1560305 blocks (check in > 2 mounts) /dev/hda10: clean, 2559/788704 files, 971368/1574362 blocks > [ ok ] > * Mounting local filesystems ... > [ ok ] > * Mounting USB device filesystem (usbfs) ... > [ ok ] > * Activating (possibly) more swap ... > [ ok ] > * Setting system clock using the hardware clock [UTC] ... > [ ok ] > * Configuring kernel parameters ... > [ ok ] > * Updating environment ... > [ ok ] > * Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run ... > [ ok ] > * Cleaning /tmp directory ... > [ ok ] > * Coldplugging input devices ... > [ ok ] > * Coldplugging isapnp devices ... > [ ok ] > What about everything from "Coldplugging pnp devices ..." to the end > (net, local, etc.) ? > Is this normal? > -- > Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-10 9:32 ` Robert Crawford @ 2006-02-10 10:46 ` Michael Kintzios 2006-02-10 17:04 ` Robert Crawford 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Michael Kintzios @ 2006-02-10 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Crawford [mailto:flacycads@cox.net] > Sent: 10 February 2006 09:32 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... > > > Same problem here- I've tried for a while to figure it out, > with no luck. I'd > also like to not have it not overwritten with each boot, and appended > instead. I think that /var/log/syslog does a better job for what you want, as I have commented in a previous response (not sure if it appeared in the list - it's been playing up lately on my end). -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-10 10:46 ` Michael Kintzios @ 2006-02-10 17:04 ` Robert Crawford 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Robert Crawford @ 2006-02-10 17:04 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user On Friday 10 February 2006 05:46, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Crawford [mailto:flacycads@cox.net] > > Sent: 10 February 2006 09:32 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... > > > > > > Same problem here- I've tried for a while to figure it out, > > with no luck. I'd > > also like to not have it not overwritten with each boot, and appended > > instead. > > I think that /var/log/syslog does a better job for what you want, as I > have commented in a previous response (not sure if it appeared in the > list - it's been playing up lately on my end). > -- > Regards, > Mick Mick, Syslog gives good info, but what we are referring to is under No.5 "Tips & Tricks" here: http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20050822-newsletter.xml Although it says all the boot messages as seen on the sreen will be logged into /var/log/boot.msg, they aren't all there. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... 2006-02-06 13:39 [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen Fredrik Lundgren 2006-02-06 14:13 ` Neil Bothwick @ 2006-02-06 14:18 ` Michael Kintzios 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Michael Kintzios @ 2006-02-06 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user > -----Original Message----- > From: Fredrik Lundgren [mailto:fredrik.bg.lundgren@bredband.net] > Sent: 06 February 2006 13:40 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] ...startup information on screen... > > > Dear Gentoos, > > Is the information that runs on the screen before and after X > is started > or closed saved in some place or can it be saved or retrieved somehow? > > Fredrik Have a look at this (recent) post: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/153050/ There may be other/better ways of achieving the same thing using e.g. nohup and script? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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