Noob question

200mg · 10-18-2007, 10:02 AM

What is the name of the file that shows the output from the boot process? Things like what devices are found and what drivers are loading etc...

lugoteehalt · 10-18-2007, 10:13 AM

Err.... Forgotten the name of the actual log file - the file the kernel writes its endless winging to - but the command dmesg sounds like the sort of thing you might be after. Try:

$ dmesg|less

Erebus Bat · 10-18-2007, 11:40 AM

Another good tip is to use tail instead of less if you just want to see that last couple of messages:
$ dmesg|tail

bejiita · 10-18-2007, 11:49 AM

to take that one step further

dmesg | tail -30f

which will show the last 30 lines and keep it open for when any new messages come in i.e. mounting a usb drive

chrism01 · 10-19-2007, 12:33 AM

Which distro?
iirc, Suse is /var/log/boot.log, /var/log/boot.msg
RH /var/log/dmesg
also check /var/log/messages