Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?
Thus spake Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the
console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys.
Is there anything similar in Debian?
as mentioned before... I think the shift page up/down combo
works... but if it's just bootup messages you're looking for you can
type 'dmesg' at the prompt and it will spit out all the kernel bootup
stuff. HTH
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Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote:
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the
console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys.
Is there anything similar in Debian?
It is possible with SHIFT+PGUP, but you can also look at boot kernel messages
by the command dmesg.
Hope this helps
Cesare Tagliaferri
Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote:
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the
console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys.
Is there anything similar in Debian?
Sure. Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown. At least, they work in xterms. I
*think* I've used the feature in console, but I can't be sure.
Yes it does work in virtual consoles. However, once X has started, the
vc tends to `forget' all the lines that scrolled off the screen. I
don't know what to do about this. As some people have mentioned, you
can get kernel boot messages with the dmesg command. However, it
doesn't show everything. In particular some error messages are not
there. If you want to see all of the boot messages, your best bet is
not to start xdm at boot time, use exented vga (50+ lines on your
screen), and see how far you can scroll back.
HTH,
Eric
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Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?
Hello Debian Land...
The best way to see all the messages is to not run any programs on tty1 (the
first
virtual terminal - also the default terminal). You can then scroll all the way
back
to the bios boot information using the shift+pageup key combination.
So long as you run no programs (or at least ones that dont take over the
screen) then
you can scroll up and down as many times as you want using the shift+pageup and
shift+page up.
If you always want access to this informaiton then login to Linux using any one
of the
other virtual consoles. As far as I know it using the other virtual terminals
will
allow you to always got back to the information on the first one.
One further point regarding linux logo. If you have this installed and
configured to
display then you can still see all the boot information.
P.s. You may or may not have to login to the machine to scroll ( I haven't
tested it
by not logging in.)
Hope this clears a few things up.
John.
E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote:
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on
the
console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys.
Is there anything similar in Debian?
Sure. Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown. At least, they work in xterms. I
*think* I've used the feature in console, but I can't be sure.
Yes it does work in virtual consoles. However, once X has started, the
vc tends to `forget' all the lines that scrolled off the screen. I
don't know what to do about this. As some people have mentioned, you
can get kernel boot messages with the dmesg command. However, it
doesn't show everything. In particular some error messages are not
there. If you want to see all of the boot messages, your best bet is
not to start xdm at boot time, use exented vga (50+ lines on your
screen), and see how far you can scroll back.
HTH,
Eric
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Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the
console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys.
Is there anything similar in Debian?
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Re: Is it possible to scroll back and see bootup messages on console?
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Stan Brown wrote:
In FreeBSD, you can hit the {Scroll Lock} button and scroll back on the
console using {Page Up and {Page Donw} keys.
Is there anything similar in Debian?
Sure. Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown. At least, they work in xterms. I
*think* I've used the feature in console, but I can't be sure.
Andrew Tarr
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