Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:26:53 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@northwestern.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Viewing all start-up messages Message-ID: <20000714182653.D237@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000713204223.A5542@localhost.localdomain>; from djkanter@northwestern.edu on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:42:23PM -0500 References: <20000713204223.A5542@localhost.localdomain>
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:42:23PM -0500, David J. Kanter wrote:
> There is some start-up information that I'd like to view, but which is not
> picked up by dmesg. How can I view this?
>
> For instance, all the messages about what's being booted from /etc/rc. When
> I upgraded to 4.0, there were some non-critical start-up errors that flashed
> by too quickly for me to catch. One I happened to notice was
> /var/log/security not existing...but that was pretty painful to catch.
>
> How can I look at all those messages that occur after the kernel boots? I
> tried <Scroll Lock> <Page Up> but that doesn't show them either.
>
It should do in 4.0. You couldn't scroll back in 3.x if you had
changed the console resolution via ``allscreens_flags'' (e.g.
VGA_80x43) but syscons(4) had a major re-write which added the
functionality.
> Thanks.
> --
> David Kanter
> djkanter@northwestern.edu
>
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