On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Jon N wrote: <---snip---> > >> Not empty, but if it contains illegal characters it won't make any >> difference. I didn't find any error messages that would clue me in to >> the problem (like: "Warning, you have illegal characters in your >> hostname" :-)). I did notice on one boot an error message that >> 'hostname.sh' (in /etc/init.d) had failed, but I searched all my log >> files and could not find any reference to it at all. I guess not >> everything you see on screen during boot makes it into one of the log >> files. > > This just came up again in another message. The new getty upstream > now clears the screen. And by default boot time messages are not > logged. What a killing combination! > > Install the bootlogd package so that boot time messages are logged. > > # apt-get install bootlogd
Great idea! I just installed it. I know there have been other times I caught something flashing by during boot I tried to find in a log afterwards without luck. This should help a lot. Thanks, Jon -- 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/cancvmg11axpqgxhuo+bwgwezr2mr5ck7m-yfax3_hrvc6hp...@mail.gmail.com
