Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Heinrich Rebehn
Hi list, I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a log of all the startup messages that flash by so fast that i can't read them? Not the kernel messages, but daemons that fail to start and such. I have been searching the web,

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Andreas Widerøe Andersen
At 15:53 19.02.2003 +0100, you wrote: Hi list, I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a log of all the startup messages that flash by so fast that i can't read them? Not the kernel messages, but daemons that fail to start and such.

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Heinrich Rebehn
Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: At 15:53 19.02.2003 +0100, you wrote: Hi list, I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a log of all the startup messages that flash by so fast that i can't read them? Not the kernel messages, but

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 04:12:56PM +0100, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: At 15:53 19.02.2003 +0100, you wrote: I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a log of all the startup messages that flash by so

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Heinrich Rebehn
Matthew Seaman wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 04:12:56PM +0100, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: At 15:53 19.02.2003 +0100, you wrote: I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a log of all the startup

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Wayne Lubin
--- Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 04:12:56PM +0100, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: At 15:53 19.02.2003 +0100, you wrote: I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Andrew Stuart
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 at 09:50:16 -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: --snip-- I don't understand what exactly is being suggested here. The part I don't understand is what is being said to done with Then: # touch /var/log/console.log # chmod 600 /var/log/console.log # chown

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:50:16AM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: I don't understand what exactly is being suggested here. The part I don't understand is what is being said to done with Then: # touch /var/log/console.log # chmod 600 /var/log/console.log # chown

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Wayne Lubin
--- Scott Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:50:16AM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: I don't understand what exactly is being suggested here. The part I don't understand is what is being said to done with Then: # touch /var/log/console.log

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:34:05AM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: [...] With that in mind I now see the purpose of all of the commands except the last one. For what reason does one have to perform kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid` In other words why must one stop the syslogd daemon? It

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:34:05AM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: Ahh ok. What confused me was that there were similar looking statements already contained in the syslog.conf file. With that in mind I now see the purpose of all of the commands except the last one. For what reason does one have

Re: Where can i find a startup log

2003-02-19 Thread Peter
'dmesg' /var/log/messages On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:53:43 +0100 Heinrich Rebehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I hope this isn't a FAQ - i have been using FreeBSD for some years now. My question: Where can i find a log of all the startup messages that flash by so fast that i can't read