From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 6 01:59:44 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 C841016DA20 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:27:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from ylpvm12.prodigy.net (ylpvm12-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B36C043D7E for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:27:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (pimout6-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.22]) by ylpvm12.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k561RSuk016651 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:27:28 -0400 X-ORBL: [69.238.213.227] Received: from [192.168.4.2] (ppp-69-238-213-227.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.238.213.227]) by pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.6 out.dk/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k561RTwe266218; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:27:29 -0400 Message-ID: <4484DA00.6040201@chrismaness.com> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:27:28 -0700 From: Chris Maness User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060425) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Reko Turja References: <44843B61.5050209@chrismaness.com><448469D5.8060700@scls.lib.wi.us><20060605105358.Q54670@ns1.internetinsite.com><44847336.9050908@scls.lib.wi.us> <448xobpi30.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20060605145453.S55741@ns1.internetinsite.com> <023401c688f6$090458d0$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> In-Reply-To: <023401c688f6$090458d0$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:59:44 -0000 Reko Turja wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Maness" > >> Yes, it does, but why would it not show anything without the flag >> right after a reboot? Wierd. I almost suspect hard drive issues. > > I got the exactly same happen to me with 6.1-RELEASE updated just > after 6.1 was released. Didn't think about the weirdness really until > now seeing your messages. The symptoms were exactly the same, > /var/dmesg file was empty right after the boot and of course dmesg > command didn't print the booting messages either. > > Things seems to be normalized for me with 6.1-STABLE from yesterday, > but haven't booted since buildworld process after which I got proper > dmesg output. > > -Reko Well, that makes me feel better. I thought my hardrive (old as hek) was going bad. This is my slave name server so I'm not too terribly concerned.