John R Pierce wrote on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:07:35 -0800:
> dmesg isn't a file, its a program thats dumping the kernel message
> buffer. how do you live 'tail' it?
dmesg|tail
you knew that, did you ;-)
Also, you can do
tail /var/log/dmesg
but the result is the last buffer.
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John R Pierce wrote:
>when I do that it lists the usual 10 lines from tail, then exits, -f or not.
I didn't quite mean tailing the dmesg program. What you need to tail (IIRC)
is /proc/kmsg.
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William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 14:07 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
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>> Rick wrote:
>>
>>
>
>
>> dmesg isn't a file, its a program thats dumping the kernel message
>> buffer. how do you live 'tail' it?
>>
>
> # dmesg|tail -f
> usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 2
>
> dmesg isn't a file, its a program thats dumping the kernel message
> buffer. how do you live 'tail' it?
look in /var/log
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On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 14:07 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
> Rick wrote:
>
>
> dmesg isn't a file, its a program thats dumping the kernel message
> buffer. how do you live 'tail' it?
# dmesg|tail -f
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 2
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at :00:00.0.
Rick wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> nate wrote:
>
>
>> It's pretty rare for there to be log entries on the box that
>> point to why it crashed or locked up, at least in my experience,
>> hence the need for a serial console.
>>
>
> Tailing dmesg might show something. Might not e
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
nate wrote:
>It's pretty rare for there to be log entries on the box that
>point to why it crashed or locked up, at least in my experience,
>hence the need for a serial console.
Tailing dmesg might show something. Might not either but it's an
easy thing to try.
Jerry Geis wrote:
> hi all,
>
>
> Was wondering if anyone is running Centos on a CF card slot.
> It installed OK , it boots ok, but after a while it is no longer
> on the network.
if this CF card slot is emulating a IDE device (that IS what CF cards do
on PCMCIA, after all), I'd try disabling IDE
Jerry Geis wrote:
> So I just reboot. thought maybe there would be something in the log file
> saying why
> the lock up but there isnt.
It's pretty rare for there to be log entries on the box that point
to why it crashed or locked up, at least in my experience, hence
the need for a serial console
>
> Jerry Geis wrote:
> >/ hi all,
> />/
> />/
> />/ Was wondering if anyone is running Centos on a CF card slot.
> />/ It installed OK , it boots ok, but after a while it is no longer
> />/ on the network.
> />/
> />/
> /
>
> when its 'not on the network', what is the state of the networking la
Jerry Geis wrote:
> hi all,
>
>
> Was wondering if anyone is running Centos on a CF card slot.
> It installed OK , it boots ok, but after a while it is no longer
> on the network.
>
>
when its 'not on the network', what is the state of the networking layers?
# ifconfig -a
# netstat -r
Jerry Geis wrote:
> hi all,
>
>
> Was wondering if anyone is running Centos on a CF card slot.
> It installed OK , it boots ok, but after a while it is no longer
> on the network.
Hook a serial console to the system to see if there is anything
that the console prints out that indicates what caused
hi all,
Was wondering if anyone is running Centos on a CF card slot.
It installed OK , it boots ok, but after a while it is no longer
on the network.
After power cycling there is nothing in the /var/log/messages
as to a crash etc...
I ran a USB thumb drive 8G on this same PC and it seems to con
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