On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:15 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > Jim Woodward wrote: > > > >> michael wrote: > >> > >>>> michael wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> How do I retrieve the messages that I see when booting? > >>>>>> dmesg does not have all the information. > >>>>>> I'm using kernel 2.6.13.2 > >>>>>> Thanks > > > > > > Obviously, there are some messages which may be unretrieveable > > even in principle. Until some persistent file system gets mounted, > > nothing is stored. So, if the machine fails to come up to the > > point where it has mounted a persistent file system, nothing > > can be saved. If messages are stored in a non-persistent > > area (which I doubt) before that point, then after then they > > could be copied to a persistent file system, like /etc/something. > > > > What exactly is your ultimate goal? > > > > Mike > I want to correct some mistakes I must have made when running xconfig. >
Shouldn't you be looking at /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or sim) then (and not worrying about bootlog)? -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
