From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 27 03:40:10 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7758DDF7 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431DE12AA for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:40:09 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=dem5gxne c=1 sm=0 tr=0 a=nVny9ETX7T5uMhI2oTVyRA==:117 a=AaUjGI9IrlcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=OA2lqS22AAAA:8 a=sIt-5M63AAAA:8 a=0vhDQqZXQq0A:10 a=prjV7IddQs5UAjsKs5EA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com header.from=roberthuff@rcn.com; sender-id=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.mail=roberthuff@rcn.com; spf=neutral; sender-id=neutral Received-SPF: neutral (smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com: 209.6.193.164 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of rcn.com) Received: from [209.6.193.164] ([209.6.193.164:59672] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.49 r(42060/42061)) with ESMTP id 20/7D-22462-714BBC15; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:40:08 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20939.46103.433101.543158@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:40:07 -0400 To: Polytropon Subject: Re: logging during loader In-Reply-To: <20130624233133.032bf222.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20936.18494.573287.144022@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20130624233133.032bf222.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 22) "Instant Classic" XEmacs Lucid Cc: Robert Huff , questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:40:10 -0000 Polytropon writes: > > During the processing of loader.conf, something gets printed > > that suggests all is not right. However, this is a sufficiently > > modern machine it goes by too fast to read exactly what. > > It is my understanding that file gets read before the system > > logging facilities are operational, and possibly before things like > > ^S/^Q work on the terminal. > > Is there a way to store the results of that phase of boot-up? > > Being on the 1st virtual terminal in text mode (ttyv0) which > also acts as the console device, press the "Scroll Lock" > key and use the vertical arrow keys and page scrolling keys > to get to the top of the log. This does not work for me. Specifically, pushing [Scroll Lock] causes the appropriate light to go on, but output continues to flow. Robert Huff