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Subject: Re: Trying to colour syslog-ng logs to ttyv7 but won't work after
 a	reboot
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Ashley Moran wrote:

> Norberto Meijome wrote:
> > or figure out in which order things are started and make sure the
> > ttyvs are launched before syslogng
>
>
> Can you recommend a good description of the FreeBSD boot process?  The 
> handbook is a bit sketchy and only goes into the initial stages.  I've 
> tried flirting through the /etc files but it's hard to piece 
> everything together.
>
> I will try putting an echo "can you see this" > /dev/ttyv7 in the 
> syslog-ng script.  But I'll do it later.  I think I've spent enough 
> time on this one little quirk!

For the bits you are interested in, man rc.  If you really think that 
ttyv7 may not be there, then
    /bin/ls -lsa /dev/ttyv7 > /tmp/SYSLOGNG.TRACE

or some such.

--Alex