You don't actually need to be root to use dmesg. On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote:
> When [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, I replied: > > Try the following: > > su - root > <the_root_password> > dmesg | pg > <ENTER> > <ENTER> > . > . > . > It will display in a way you can read at a leisurely > pace, the messages that wizz by at startup. Specifically, > the messages that were displayed during the last startup > of the system that you're on when enter those shell > commands. The lines you mentioned are among those > messages. If you: > > dmesg >/tmp/dmesg.msg > > you create a file, /tmp/dmesg.msg, which contains all > those messages. You can edit that file with your > favorite editor to be any part of that message or you > might: > > head -50 /tmp/dmesg.msg | tail -15 > > to see the 35th through 50th lines of those messages. HTH > > > > > very near the beginning and: > > > > > > Initializing random number generator... > > > Configuring serial ports.... > > > done. > > > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > > /dev/ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > > Typematic Rate set to 15.0 cps (delay = 500 mS) > > > INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 > > > > How did you produced these lines ? Are they are written in one of the log > > files ? > > > > -- > > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ----------------------------------------- > Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mary bought a pair of skates > upon the ice to frisk > now wasn't that a crazy way > her sweet young *? > > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
