boot.log contains only a fraction of the messages
 

After a boot, my boot.log is less than 4k in size, and contains only a
small percentage of the boot messages.

Is there any way to increase this so that I can review all messages
that appeared on the console?

Thanks,

Gerard

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boot.log contains only a fraction of the messages
 

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:39:36 +0200, Gerard H. Pille wrote:

> After a boot, my boot.log is less than 4k in size, and contains only a
> small percentage of the boot messages.
>
> Is there any way to increase this so that I can review all messages that
> appeared on the console?

Kind of...

/etc/default/bootlogd

BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes

I think the other messages fall into "/var/log/messages"

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boot.log contains only a fraction of the messages
 

Camaleón wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:39:36 +0200, Gerard H. Pille wrote:



After a boot, my boot.log is less than 4k in size, and contains only a
small percentage of the boot messages.

Is there any way to increase this so that I can review all messages that
appeared on the console?


Kind of...

/etc/default/bootlogd

BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes

I think the other messages fall into "/var/log/messages"

Not quite. This only effects messages generated after the kernel has
booted. Earlier messages, generated by the BIOS and early boot stages
are not captured - unless you have a terminal on the console port that
can capture them.


Miles Fidelman

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boot.log contains only a fraction of the messages
 

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:13:17 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:

> Camaleón wrote:

(...)

>>> Is there any way to increase this so that I can review all messages
>>> that appeared on the console?
>>>
>> Kind of...
>>
>> /etc/default/bootlogd
>>
>> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>>
>> I think the other messages fall into "/var/log/messages"
>>
> Not quite. This only effects messages generated after the kernel has
> booted. Earlier messages, generated by the BIOS and early boot stages
> are not captured - unless you have a terminal on the console port that
> can capture them.

Messages that appear in console when system boots (as per OP request) are
splitted into "/var/log/messages" and "/var/log/boot" (whether enabled).

BIOS screen (and/or remaining devices initilization) messages are a
different thing.

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