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Date:      Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:28:53 -0500
From:      Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us>
To:        Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dmesg not working on new system
Message-ID:  <448469D5.8060700@scls.lib.wi.us>
In-Reply-To: <44843B61.5050209@chrismaness.com>
References:  <44843B61.5050209@chrismaness.com>

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Chris Maness wrote:
> I just installed 6.1 and upgraded to RELEASE-p1.  The command dmesg is 
> not displaying any kernel messages, any suggestions?  

Suggests all is well?

dmesg outputs stuff from the current system message buffer, which 
contains your boot messages right after booting but those can get 
flushed over time. Boot messages are saved to a file though, for 
reference.

more /var/run/dmesg.boot


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