Monte wrote:
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
milanuk@yahoo.com wrote:
filip wrote:
Can somebody remember howto obtain the initial messages ( complete )during the start up process and howto put them into a file of yourself. Sorry for this but I have forgotten.
Ummm... dmesg > dmesg.txt ?
That gets you the first group of messages, which I believe are the ones under direct kernel control, but not the ones resulting from execution of the files in /sbin/init.d/rc.*. I'd like to know how to get that second group.
Paul Abrahams
Good point. All I've ever needed was either in /var/log/messages or available from dmesg. Not sure about the rest.
Monte
There is a way though. Simply scroll back to the messages with Shift+PageUp. This works for the first console because in /etc/inittab the option --noclear is included in: 1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1 In SuSE 6.3 anyway. So mingetty does not erase the messages. (With thanks to Jonathan Wilson for this information.) Now I managed to copy the consecutive screen contents into a text file. By the way: if you have forgotten something, of course you can always find it back in the archive. Sjors -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq