On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 08:40:11AM +0100, you (Robert Epprecht) wrote: > Kevin H <[email protected]> writes: > > > > When it loads statd on startup it takes a very long time only to fail > > > (and goes through this process twice for some reason). > > > > Maybe the error message would tell us more. > > > > Do you know where the log is on my system where it stores the bootup > > messages? > > The command 'dmesg' will show you the bootup messages. > Say 'dmesg | less' to read them page by page or 'dmesg > dmesg.txt' to create > a file named dmesg.txt that will contain them. > > > Sorry for the newbie questions :) > > no problem, just ask :) > > Robert Epprecht
Hi Kevin, you can also take a look at /var/log/messages. Within the /var/log - folder you'll find more log files for several things like X11, mail, etc... Cheers, Markus -- Please note that this email-transaction has been logged due to German laws. To ensure the privacy of further communication please encrypt your message using the following KeyID = 694F9952 A. Lincoln: "Those who give a little bit of liberty to gain more safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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