Re: [gentoo-user] save dmsg output across reboot?

2004-02-03 Thread Norberto Bensa
Alan wrote: Is there any place that stores the output of this so that it can be looked at later? Perhaps you'd like to give remote logging an opportunity? HTH, Norberto -- Linux 2.6.2-rc2-mm2 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux 03:47:58 up 4:22, 1 user, load average: 0.23,

[gentoo-user] save dmsg output across reboot?

2004-02-02 Thread Alan
I have a server with the kernel append line having panic=30 which reboots the box 30 seconds after a kernel panic. However, once it reboots I have no way to see what the problem was. Is there any place that stores the output of this so that it can be looked at later? I know that the dmesg

Re: [gentoo-user] save dmsg output across reboot?

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Tuesday 03 Feb 2004 01:12, Alan wrote: I have a server with the kernel append line having panic=30 which reboots the box 30 seconds after a kernel panic. However, once it reboots I have no way to see what the problem was. Is there any place that stores the output of this so that it can be

Re: [gentoo-user] save dmsg output across reboot?

2004-02-02 Thread Alan
Add this to /etc/conf.d/local.start: echo Saving dmesg output to /var/log/dmesg... echo /var/log/dmesg echo # /var/log/dmesg date /var/log/dmesg dmesg /var/log/dmesg Thanks peter, but this only deals with boot messages, I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] save dmsg output across reboot?

2004-02-02 Thread Jani-Matti Hätinen
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 08:14, Alan wrote: Thanks peter, but this only deals with boot messages, I'm looking for the kernel panics and whatnot that are thrown there by the kernel just before the box crashes horribly :) Try adding the same into /etc/conf.d/local.stop Provided that the box

Re: [gentoo-user] save dmsg output across reboot?

2004-02-02 Thread Greg Donald
On February 2, 2004 Alan[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks peter, but this only deals with boot messages, I'm looking for the kernel panics and whatnot that are thrown there by the kernel just before the box crashes horribly :) There are lots of kernel debugging howto pages out there, here's one: