From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 5 17:55:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E60B816B1C0 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:55:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from ns1.internetinsite.com (ns1.internetinsite.com [208.179.97.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95A4143D48 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:55:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from ns1.internetinsite.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.internetinsite.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k55HtWKu054699; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from localhost (chris@localhost) by ns1.internetinsite.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) with ESMTP id k55HtWvG054696; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.internetinsite.com: chris owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:55:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Maness X-X-Sender: chris@ns1.internetinsite.com To: Greg Barniskis In-Reply-To: <448469D5.8060700@scls.lib.wi.us> Message-ID: <20060605105358.Q54670@ns1.internetinsite.com> References: <44843B61.5050209@chrismaness.com> <448469D5.8060700@scls.lib.wi.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dmesg not working on new system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:55:35 -0000 On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Greg Barniskis wrote: > 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 > > > -- > Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator > South Central Library System (SCLS) > Library Interchange Network (LINK) > , (608) 266-6348 > I just thought it was strange because every other system I have it at least displays dmesg.boot if there is no other messages. Is this new behavior for 6.1?