Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:41:43 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to see shutdown log Message-ID: <5F1D8817.9090501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200725032502.5e0a272b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <5F1B8399.6000502@gmail.com> <20200725032502.5e0a272b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:58:01 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: >> When you boot the system a bunch of messages roll across the screen to >> fast to read. The dmesg -a command will show these to you to read at >> your own pace. When you issue the shutdown or halt command a bunch of >> different messages roll across the screen to fast to read. >> >> Is there a way view these messages after the system comes back up later? > > Yes, those are located to /var/log/messages, as long as > file system access is possible; the last kernel messages > therefore aren't being logged. I checked and what is logged to /var/log/messages on host shutdown is no were close to the messages I see fly past on the console terminal. This is real easy for people to test so give it a run. Thinking maybe something else is controlling what goes to the message file on shutdown. Have any ideas where I should look?
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