Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:07:59 -0800 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to capture console messages during boot? Message-ID: <CAHu1Y73W35%2B354rSdJKo2BurV=_BAvoeBfCsPXQnF5H77cDk%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f71714ee-60b9-5f1a-ebed-85c2105e6199@holgerdanske.com> References: <f71714ee-60b9-5f1a-ebed-85c2105e6199@holgerdanske.com>
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cat /var/run/dmesg.boot On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:59 PM, David Christensen < dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > freebsd-questions: > > I am attempting to build a graphical workstation using: > > toor@freebsd:/root # freebsd-version > 11.0-RELEASE-p7 > > toor@freebsd:/root # uname -a > FreeBSD freebsd 11.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p1 #0 r306420: Thu > Sep 29 03:40:55 UTC 2016 root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sy= s/GENERIC > i386 > > toor@freebsd:/root # pkg info xorg | head -n 1 > xorg-7.7_2 > > toor@freebsd:/root # pkg info xfce | head -n 1 > xfce-4.12_1 > > > As I add software and adjust configuration settings, invariably I create > or encounter issues. Some of these generate warnings/ errors on the > console when the system boots. I'd like to capture console messages duri= ng > boot, so that I can review them and fix things. > > > How? > > > TIA, > > David > > > p.s. STFW has yielded outdated and/or unsatisfactory solutions, including= : > > dmesg > /var/log/messages > Scroll Lock key and scrollback buffer > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe > @freebsd.org" > --=20 "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata
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