On Thursday 05 December 2002 17:33, Ben Hartshorne wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:53PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > > High, > > > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, daves debian wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me how to view the bootup screen, it goes by so fast > > > .... > > > > > > I can use dmesg to view the kernel boot > > > I seem to have loads of error messages after the kernel boots > > > I have checked /var/log/... no go > > > > > > Somewhere about when fstab is mounted > > > > > > any ideas ? > > > > This should be in /var/log/syslog, /var/log/daemon.log, > > /var/log/kern.log. > > I'd just like to reiterate something said above. > The boot process can be devided into two sections, kernel boot and > service boot. All the kernel messages from the kernel boot go into > /var/log/dmesg (written from the S55bootmisc.sh in rcS.d). > The services start to boot when you see all the > Starting sshd.... [ok] > lines go across the screen. It's up to each service to log stuff if > they want to; there's no centralized logging service for those. So, if > one of them is bugging out on you, it's hard to find it logged (unless > it's a nice and kind service). > > This boundary is a little fuzzy when it comes to services that load > kernel modules, such as starting network services. Part of that (the > part that has to do with the kernel) gets logged in /var/log/dmesg, but > there might be other parts that don't. > > One technique I have used to be able to read boot messages takes > advantage of the scrollback buffer in the console. Boot to runlevel 3 > (multiuser, no X) by editing /etc/inittab and changing > > >>> # The default runlevel. > >>> id:5:initdefault: > > to > > >>> # The default runlevel. > >>> id:3:initdefault: > > When you are getting near the end of the boot process, hit <return> a > bunch of times. When you get your console login prompt, it clears > whatever is currently on the screen, hitting <return> pushes stuff off > the screen so it won't be cleared. (sorry, that's redhat, I think. I > just checked and it seems the login prompt just comes at the end of the > boot sequence. much nicer. Yay Debian!) > You can then scroll back to see what went through the boot sequence (to > a point, I don't know what it is...) by holding down Shift and pressing > the PgUp key. > Don't switch virtual consoles, or you will lose your scrollback buffer. > > -ben
many thanks, run init default to 1, works a treat !! sorts my problem !! dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
