Re: missing log messages

2008-05-24 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
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 fi

Re: missing log messages

2008-05-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:37:22PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2008-05-16 15:09, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2008-05-16 14:48 +0200, Bill wrote: > > > >> I'm tweaking a new kernel for my old laptop to install a new module. > >> > >> At

Re: missing log messages

2008-05-16 Thread Bill
On Fri, 2008-16-05 at 15:09 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > In Debian's default boot configuration: nowhere. You need to edit > /etc/default/bootlogd and change BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=No to Yes. After a > reboot, you will find the log in /var/log/boot. This is good yes I'm getting some additional message

Re: missing log messages

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-05-16 15:09, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-05-16 14:48 +0200, 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 s

Re: missing log messages

2008-05-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-05-16 14:48 +0200, 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 > prac

missing log messages

2008-05-16 Thread Bill
Hi folks, 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