On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:37 AM Barry Scott wrote:
>
> I have to support systems without journald and its slower to get to the
> info need.
>
I encounter younger users who will only consider GUI tools. With
traditional log files
they can use a file browser to find a log file, then try to open
> On 25 Aug 2022, at 09:31, Tim via users wrote:
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> Tim:
>>> I also look at /var/log/messages, other people use journalctl, but I
>>> find the messages file easier to deal with.
>
> Samuel Sieb:
>> You must have upgraded from a much older version or else you've made
>> some changes.
>
> Not
the command dmesg will tell you all kernel messages from the start of
the buffer to now.
You probably want to find the Wayland/Xorg log file and see what it
says about edid.
/var/log/Xorg* for Xorg, I don't use wayland but its log files should
be a the same location.
And how it works or does not
Tim:
>> I also look at /var/log/messages, other people use journalctl, but I
>> find the messages file easier to deal with.
Samuel Sieb:
> You must have upgraded from a much older version or else you've made
> some changes.
Not an upgrade, a fresh install. And I don't recall making any changes
On 2022-08-24 22:09, Tim via users wrote:
On Wed, 2022-08-24 at 21:14 -0500, Anil F Duggirala wrote:
Dmesg would not show me anything that happens after
login right?
No.
On all the systems I use, it'll show things as they happen. Plug in a
USB flash drive, and see what it discovers. Unplug
On Wed, 2022-08-24 at 21:14 -0500, Anil F Duggirala wrote:
> Dmesg would not show me anything that happens after
> login right?
No.
On all the systems I use, it'll show things as they happen. Plug in a
USB flash drive, and see what it discovers. Unplug it, see what
happens next. Et cetera.
I
Anil F Duggirala composed on 2022-08-24 11:19 (UTC-0400):
> I am noticing that my new Dell S2421HS is detected and identified differently
> depending on when I connect it.
> If the monitor is connected when I boot up the laptop, the monitor is
> detected
> as "Dell Inc. DELL S2421HS". If the mo
On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 11:46:24 AM -05 Barry wrote:
> Check dmesg for any messages about the video interface or monitor.
> Are there any messages about edid?
Hello Barry,
I tried looking in dmesg but cannot find anything mentioning edid. I'm not sure
this would help me. Detection appears t
> On 24 Aug 2022, at 16:19, Anil F Duggirala wrote:
>
> hello,
> I am noticing that my new Dell S2421HS is detected and identified differently
> depending on when I connect it.
> If the monitor is connected when I boot up the laptop, the monitor is
> detected
> as "Dell Inc. DELL S2421HS".
