On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 05:48:59AM -0700, Bill wrote: > I'm tweaking a new kernel for my old laptop to install a new module. > > At boot I see a number of 'fail' messages scroll past on the > screen, but they don't show up in dmesg /var/log/dmesg > /var/log/syslog /var/log/messages etc. These files are > practically devoid of error messages. > > Where can I find the 'complete' output of my boot process?
"complete"? The only way to get everything that goes to the screen is to connect up a serial port as a serial console and log it on another box. bootlogd doesn't get everything. dmesg doesn't get everything, and neither do the logs. If you install the doc-linux-HOWTO package in whatever format, you'll find the serial-console HOWTO. That and the other serial- related howtos will allow you to connect a serial cable from the target box to a logging box. If you have a paralell printer, you can also have the printer act as a console and print all messages. I don't know if it will work with a USB printer. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
