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Old 02-05-2006, 12:56 PM   #1
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kernal log

OK so I have no idea what this is.. I've been asked to look in my kernal log. Where is it? Does dmesg print out the "kernal log"?

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Old 02-05-2006, 02:00 PM   #2
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The log is nomally in /var/log/messages.

The dmesg command also contains a portion of this information; it has a limited buffer and information will scroll out of dmesg.
 
Old 02-05-2006, 02:24 PM   #3
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Check in /var/log. Some distributions log kernel messages to /var/log/kernel.log by default, otherwise you may want to configure your syslogd to do that.


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Old 02-05-2006, 03:09 PM   #4
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In Mandrake 2005LE the kernel is sent to /var/log/kernel/info
 
  


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