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liticovjesac

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From: Stockholm-Belgrade-Köln

Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 110

boot process log file - where is it?

Hi all
I know that this is a stupid question but can anyone tell me where is a log file for boot process if there is any. I have some error messages at the end, after last deamon starts and it goes too fast to the gdm so I cant read it.

loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: boot process log file - where is it?

There's a Wiki article on how to stop the screen clearing at boot, or use Scroll Lk.

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Horris

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Registered: 2009-04-05

Posts: 30

Re: boot process log file - where is it?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dis … t_messages

uwinkelvos

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Registered: 2009-06-07

Posts: 129

Re: boot process log file - where is it?

kernel related stuff goes to: /var/log/dmesg.log
daemon related stuff to: /var/log/daemon.log

loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

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Re: boot process log file - where is it?

kernel related stuff goes to: /var/log/dmesg.log
daemon related stuff to: /var/log/daemon.log

Not really what the OP is asking though.

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harryhaller

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From: Brussels, Belgium

Registered: 2009-12-02

Posts: 6

Re: boot process log file - where is it?

What you need is bootlogd:
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=bootlogd

Start this in the boot script and it will log all the messages that you see during booting to a log file

Bootlogd  runs  in  the  background and copies all strings sent to the /dev/console device to a logfile. If the  logfile  is  not  accessible,  the  messages  will  be buffered in‐memory until it is.

From the man page for bootlogd
http://pwet.fr/man/linux/administration … e/bootlogd

liticovjesac

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From: Stockholm-Belgrade-Köln

Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 110

Re: boot process log file - where is it?

Thanks for the reply.
Screen clearing didnt work or I dont understand how to do.
Bootlogd is much more promising but it doesnt work with arch for a moment. There are some treads about that problem.  I will wait for a bootlogd solution and try to be faster than my boot sequence

@loafer
Nice avatar. Anarchy and freedom!

Last edited by liticovjesac (2010-04-11 07:13:51)