From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jan 25 05:08:00 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D18CB2C32 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x22c.google.com (mail-qt0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 494B8CD7 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id l7so7189231qtd.1 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:08:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=L6nOrYnXie2f/kZMxFHEEzmUsq0jA/dNzTfTZ0vUY4M=; b=hOFqTuGQIb3aounEXoPePnUldVag6RSQa/2ht4TV0Dgq2pGglNHmC0KM3WcBDrAyUp lp0z3nTubel8lZK8M+Y/CdezIm5DHZB/0lGbWCR5b9iKBMPL+q52E2EAMysIGIECYuNy aRANLFDcCymoJhhYobqv07wgjV64FkAhkJGraW4mS9ZcKUCN3aE6cL2/zI/A4x64/4+6 MLdWdBzt34k789aUNG7CGyp7UbjxRXLCuKGWax0NbpE40FgU5rMXxgkzM4TydtzdjcEF IP9/R6RvJDTQMp3I8WzkcWmgPiZgvuF2URIAetwGgWs3RnnxGvLU2/1jQO4hF3qf5It8 cB4Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=L6nOrYnXie2f/kZMxFHEEzmUsq0jA/dNzTfTZ0vUY4M=; b=WVkABE02YRkUhcuJHngu6M4LyLTFi4eKnrODwHbKew1TKNopiXisk2DzCYZbdMiHF8 3l47mCD/QhdAD/Q3WO3TDQAdbqoo3B6xcK7Ct+d+Q7hNu2EpC7cYvHbsphv4RqsCAwrx LcX7wMu0knWA1iIztObG0krMaeV6qEqUE8k+a9BKRQzzlD/mwMzGaVzjgtBWxbtv6n48 0hqqitj2AZFHqKQv5yu6ZeeDMmObN+CllBhR/NIHikGWeP/zUT17qGHdwgW63b2zSpfU NXpH4qec1ZMf7iAEG05QV4xxjtsU316Qzc5v77AsY1dqp1FW7um5X4KhwKxk4H/ytOex 8Vbw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXJZ3gVOX6vYf+sulakud75K2GUSAh/EOjDbjCLliixSllvCYuGA8Gq2WQl09vkoufvkVUhFvdiZsncKQ5Vc X-Received: by 10.237.42.12 with SMTP id c12mr31906998qtd.284.1485320879447; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:07:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.237.60.226 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:07:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Michael Sierchio Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:07:59 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to capture console messages during boot? To: David Christensen Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:08:00 -0000 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