On Monday 06 February 2006 13:06, David Kirchner wrote: >On 2/6/06, Lubos Vrbka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi guys, >> >> is it possible to change (increase) the number of lines that are >> saved on console? i would like to be able to scroll through the >> whole boot process history. right now it allows me to go >> approximately one and half pages back... >> >> thanks, > >I don't have the answer to your question, but you can run "dmesg" to >view the console messages. The buffer is limited in size, so you'll >want to run it immediately after boot. I prefer to use a init.d >script, set up to run last, to run "dmesg > /var/run/dmesg.boot", so I >have a copy handy at all times.
If you are building your own kernel, increased buffer capacity is as close as a make xconfig, reset it, rebuild and reinstall, reboot. The correct line in the .config to adjust is this one: CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16 It probably has a 14 in there now, for a 16k buffer, the 16 above is 64k. Have fun! -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
