* On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 11:29:40AM +1000, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > Martin Barry wrote: > >$quoted_author = "Marghanita da Cruz" ; > >>Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the > >>wrong > >>question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix > >>is > >>running on my laptop. > > > >you many need the the X logs, the KDE logs or something else. > > > >what's the exact problem you're trying to diagnose? > <snip> > There are no symptoms that I can tell - just the error messages that flash > past. containing something about > *DMA not enabled > *ude..3958 at startup > *ude.....3957 at shutdown
M, as someone says in a subsequent post, almost all things will log in files in /var/log You could try this to try and find out more: cd /var/log sudo grep -H "not enabled" * | less sudo grep -H "at startup" * | less ...etc... -- Sonia Hamilton | GNU/Linux - 'free' as in . | free speech, not free beer. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
