On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, neil wrote: > With the start up of linux when you see all the info flying by, I noticed > now with my RH 7.2 it says something about a missing console.
What does it say? Look in /var/log/dmesg Easiest would probably be 'grep console /var/log/dmesg' This will show you any lines that scrolled by during start up that contained the word "console." 'grep' is the command used to search through files for words. It comes from "get regular expression." You'll often get the advice to type 'dmesg' to look for startup messages... which does work as long as you booted your computer a short while ago. That command looks at the kernel ring buffer. After your machine has been up for a while, those buffered startup messages are replaced by newer kernel messages. The /var/log/dmesg file is where all that startup stuff is written so it doesn't get lost. > Also now I am not able to use the shutdown command. > It worked before but now it doesn't recognize it. What did you change? Type 'ls -l $(which shutdown)' and see if everybody has permission to use it, or only 'user' (and 'group'). - Steve
