Hi all: I do a lot of beta testing on various distros and encounter a problem during initial installs. How does one capture the screen display during installation when an error occurs?

The display usually doesn't stay on long enough to copy the information, even when moving into an error console (such as Alt-F3). Dmesg often doesn't have the install data, especially errors.

Screen capture programs are not up and running at that point. I've tried taking a picture of the screen with a digital camera but the results were not very good.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Thanks, Tom

Have a look at the serial console HOWTO ... may (or may not)
give you the desired result.


Cheers,
Tink

To put the output of command into file:

The ">" operator puts just the normal output of the command into a file.


The "2>" operator puts just the error output of the command into a file.


The "&>" operator puts all the output of the command into a file.

And just how do you do that to the "init" process that
runs an installation off a linux-cd?


Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for the replies. I'll have a look at the serial terminal link. Can't use a terminal directly on this laptop but it may give me some ideas anyway.

Tom