Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:18:39 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: logginf init and X output Message-ID: <20000811131839.A6778@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n> In-Reply-To: <20000811015034.A8699@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 01:50:34AM %2B0100 References: <20000811015034.A8699@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 01:50:34AM +0100, j mckitrick wrote:
>
> I know that dmesg shows the kernel output during bootup, but as the init
> messages fly by, the are getting lost, especially when the console clears
> after changing a font or size. Also, i would like to see all the output
> from X as it starts, so that i can whittle down my Xfree86 config and also
> maybe catch a few mis-configs that might be slowing it down. This output
> also scrolls away quickly. I tried redirecting to a file, but that doesn't
> seem to work:
>
> startx > file.out
If you're using [t]csh:
startx >& file.out
If you're using [ba]sh:
startx > file.out 2>&1
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Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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