From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 17 03:51:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9984016A4CE; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 03:51:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC25643D41; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 03:51:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3HAp6jv006884 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:51:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3HAp5WP006883; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:51:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:51:05 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <20040417105105.GB5985@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Greg 'groggy' Lehey , Charles Swiger , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, RazorOnFreeBSD References: <005e01c423c7$e4cada60$0f01a8c0@razor> <376CD0D2-8FEE-11D8-8025-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <20040416235333.GX24048@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040416235333.GX24048@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040416, clamav-milter version 0.70g X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: RazorOnFreeBSD Subject: Re: boot log X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:51:12 -0000 --0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 09:23:33AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 16 April 2004 at 17:37:10 -0400, Charles Swiger wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2004, at 11:31 AM, RazorOnFreeBSD wrote: > >> I just would like to know how can I read the exact text that is > >> displaying very fast at the FreeBSD boot. > > > > Try: > > > > dmesg | less >=20 > Unfortunately, this shows only the kernel messages, not the subsequent > messages from userland programs run during startup. In particular, > messages from fsck(8) are missing. Unfortunately, since the demise of > paper consoles, there's no way to save this information. This is a > general UNIX problem, not a FreeBSD problem. Err -- are you sure about that? I have this in /etc/syslog.conf: # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to /var/log/console.= log console.info /var/log/console.log And consequently I have this in my /var/log/console.log: Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: dumpon: crash dumps to /dev/d= a0s1b (13, 131073) Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: swapon: adding /dev/da0s1b as= swap device Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: Automatic boot in progress... Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1a:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: FILESYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CH= ECKS Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1a:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: clean, 38468 free=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: (404 frags, 4758 blocks, 0.3%= fragmentation) Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1g:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: FILESYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CH= ECKS Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1g:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: clean, 15120392 free=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: (10632 frags, 1888720 blocks,= 0.0% fragmentation) Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1f:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: FILESYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CH= ECKS Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1f:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: clean, 1700955 free=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: (133747 frags, 195901 blocks,= 2.2% fragmentation) Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1e:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: FILESYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CH= ECKS Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: /dev/da0s1e:=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: clean, 52326 free=20 Apr 15 22:07:14 happy-idiot-talk /kernel: (870 frags, 6432 blocks, 0.7%= fragmentation) I also get a nice transcript of running mergemaster in single user mode when I do routine updates, or indeed any console output at all. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAgQwZdtESqEQa7a0RAjdXAJ0SvfdLSZ8VGAWe/TcFMm6vkApyRwCfbRcX H6quvZ1fZZlR6KgmvBuBXZM= =uSxc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz--