On Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 10:28:34 (-0800), Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:42 PM, David Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I hope you eventually get to study the journal even if you don't have > > /var/log/journal. You might post the output from: > > The systemd journal is, by default, kept in the directory, > /run/log/journal. Because it is in the "/run" filesystem, it is > volatile -- it disappears and is re-created fresh during the reboot > process. > > However if the directory, /var/log/journal, exists, the journal is > kept there, which is persistent and does not disappear upon reboot. > > So, if you want to be able to look at journals from previous boot > sessions, you need to do (as root) > mkdir /var/log/journal
You're right of course. Some of us did that so long ago that we've forgotten we did it. But apart from the résumé of commands, I was really just trying to persuade the OP to actually cut and paste _something_, anything. So many people here report as fact what they _think_ they did. I'm not from Missouri but I'm just next door. Cheers, David.
