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

[Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin Barry wrote:
> $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

Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the wrong
question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is
running on my laptop.

Any other suggestions?

Marghanita
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