Actually, it's more complicated than that. GNOME & KDE use HAL (the hardware abstraction layer) and UDEV (the device manager daemon) to do all those "automatic" things.
To see what UDEV does when you encounter hardware use: *udevadm --log-priority=debug* (In older versions of UDEV, the command was a bit different. I think it was udevcontrol or something) Then do a tail of */var/log/messages*. Now you can see all those "automated" things that happen when you plug in a flash drive, printer, etc. Debugging HAL means editing your startup scripts such that the hald daemon has the --verbose=yes parameter. In openSUSE, edit */etc/init.d/haldaemon* & edit *HALDAEMON_PARA* to have "*--daemon=yes --verbose=yes*" Again, *tail -f /var/log/messages* will show you what's going on. Good luck! Peter "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" -- Robert Frost 2009/10/27 Markus A. Wipfler <[email protected]> > Hi, > > have a look at syslog and its config file. Depending on which unix / linux > flavor you are using, a good place to start would be: > > # apropos syslog > > > > > Regards > > -- > Markus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Benjamin Wakhweya wrote: > > Hi Robert, >> >> Log files are generally stored under >> >> /var/log/ >> >> I don't know of any of particular log file in here though that "logs >> Linux commands given by Gnome" >> >> When you plug in a usb flash drive, you should see some activity that >> you'll be able to see by typing in >> >> "tail /var/log/messages" >> >> which shows you the last ten lines of the log file (as it may be >> constantly changing as you read it) >> >> OR >> >> "less /var/log/messages" >> >> I'm assuming that you are interested in learning commands from the >> system as it goes about it's usual tasks, my suggestion is that you >> either get yourself a good book that has a chapter which references >> most basic Linux commands for easy lookup >> >> OR >> >> Google the particular command you are looking for. >> >> Either way, with time, practice and loads of patience on your part, >> the commands will become second nature, >> >> Benjamin M Wakhweya >> Kafuluz Technical Services >> Nsambya By-Pass Road >> Kampala >> >> -- >> A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. >> Albert Einstein >> >> >> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:14:03 -0700 >>> From: [email protected] >>> Subject: [LUG] Logging Linux commands given by Gnome >>> To: [email protected] >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; >>> format="flowed" >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there a system log that logs Linux commands given by Gnome? For >>> example, when I connect a thumb drive to the USB port, Gnome opens a >>> File Browser window. Gnome is clearly doing a "mount", but it seems to >>> be doing some other things as well, and I'd like to know what Linux >>> commands it runs. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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