On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:02:15 -0500 (EST), frank thyes wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 10:53 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: >> Hello, list. I am trying to find a way to track boot messages. I know about >> things like >> >> dmesg|less >> >> and >> >> less /var/log/syslog >> >> but they don't cover everything. For example, /etc/init.d/console-setup >> issues a message during boot that goes something like this: >> >> Setting up console font and keymap >> >> and this does not appear in either dmesg output or in /var/log/syslog. >> Furthermore, it appears that the font change done by console-setup >> kills my scrollback; so that Shift+PageUp and Shift+PageDown don't >> work. That is, I can't scroll back prior to the font change. >> >> On some hardware platforms, such as s390, when running in a >> virtual machine under z/VM, I can capture the console boot messages by >> "spooling the virtual console". But on other platforms, such as >> i386, I do not know of a way to capture all the boot messages. Does >> anybody know of a way? (I am running Debian Squeeze.) > > /etc/default/bootlogd > > Set BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=YES and examine /var/log/boot or dmesg after > rebooting.
Hmm. Well, that helps. dmesg still does not contain the message from console-setup, but /var/log/boot now does. I'm not sure if I needed to rebuild my initial RAM file system image after making the above change, but I did anyway for good measure. Still, I was hoping for all boot messages in a single file somewhere. /var/log/boot starts with Setting parameters of disc: (none). This is about three lines prior to Checking root file system...fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 All boot messages prior to this point are not included in /var/log/boot. Is there any way to get *all* messages actually written to the console during boot in a single file somewhere? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/361746793.164047.1295282620128.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
