From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 23 08:39:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA10953 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:39:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA10948 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:39:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA17082; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:38:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:38:24 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199810231538.IAA17082@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: jim@phrantic.phear.net, jrs@enteract.com Subject: Re: is there a log file Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:20:16 +1000 (EST) >From: Jim Mock >> Is there a log file that logs what the system probes during bootup. I'm >> having a problem with a device and need to look out output. >Try typing dmesg at the prompt after you boot. The log file for dmesg >is /var/log/dmesg.today & dmesg.yesterday. Actually, a file that is likely to be more relevant to the query is /var/run/dmesg.boot. (I didn't know about it either, until someone on the list pointed it out to me.) david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message