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Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?


$quoted_author = "Marghanita da Cruz" ;
> 
> My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy 
> to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am 
> not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE 
> starts up.

/var/log/dmesg 
keeps the most recent boot

dmesg | less
will show what would go to the console but has a limited buffer and may not
have the actual boot if the server has been up for some time

cheers
marty

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