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Holden Caulfield

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Registered: 2014-11-01

Posts: 5

the screen "behind" desktop environment

How can I see the screen "behind" desktop environment (I use KDE if it matters)? That one with systemd version and possible failures, which appears before display manager and before shutdown.

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: the screen "behind" desktop environment

Read your journal.

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sherrellbc

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Registered: 2014-05-26

Posts: 112

Re: the screen "behind" desktop environment

Dmesg, also.

sevendogs

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From: Texas

Registered: 2016-01-24

Posts: 201

Re: the screen "behind" desktop environment

If you are talking about the command line, depends on what you are trying to "see". The Mod mentioned the systemd journal - that will let you know what systemd is doing and the other poster mentioned dmesg which will tell you the commands that you normally would see when you boot, prior to logging in. Look through Arch's wiki on systemd: tons of info there. Dmesg is easy:

dmesg | more

Or use whatever your favorite pager is...

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