From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Nov 17 5:30: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1703D15028 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 05:30:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id FAA16749; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 05:30:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 05:30:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911171330.FAA16749@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: conf/14931: rc logging facility Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR conf/14931; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: clefevre@citeweb.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/14931: rc logging facility Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:25:45 +0200 On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:18:15 +0100, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > no, you don't understand what I would say. > > while the system is starting up, there is lots of messages on the > system console which scroll very fast. so if there is an error message > and that error message is not on the last 25 lines, you are unable to > know what is reporting the error message. Right, I did misunderstand what you were after. I wonder if there isn't something that we could do with init(8) to do something clever with the outpur of the rc scripts instead of this. I'm just keen on exploring alternatives to what looks like a bit of a messy work-around. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message