On Thursday 05 January 2006 05:23, Bernard Li wrote: > One question though - where is the dmesg file? I didn't see it in > /var/log/dmesg... is it just in memory? That would explain why I only seem > to see part of the file when I run "dmesg"...
dmesgs are stored in memory in a ring buffer. Through /proc/kmsg this can be accessed, but not through plain cat. There's a default size hardcoded in dmesg, if you want to see more than that use the "-s" option. For example: "dmesg -s 60000". "man dmesg" is your friend... Regards, Erich ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Sisuite-devel mailing list Sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
