please...how to pause scrolling messages at boot

lerningkurv · 05-15-2005, 03:08 PM

i see what looks like errors or such scrolling by when core 3 is booting. How do you slow or pause the screen to see them

visaris · 05-15-2005, 03:16 PM

You may be able to pause it by pressing the "scroll lock" key. Pressing it again, should unlock the text.

jailbait · 05-15-2005, 03:19 PM

"i see what looks like errors or such scrolling by when core 3 is booting. How do you slow or pause the screen to see them"

An easier way to examine the boot messages is to use the dmesg command;
dmesg | less

See:
man dmesg

Using grep helps edit out what you need to look at. For example if you wanted to look at every boot message containing the word fsck use:

dmesg | grep fsck | less

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Steve Stites

lerningkurv · 05-15-2005, 03:29 PM

no...scroll lock didnt help...
i see a message "dazed and confused" go by...very strange i think
install dies on "running /sbin/loader"

pcandpc · 05-15-2005, 06:26 PM

Hi lerningkurv,

Consider applications - system tools - system logs
in FC3.

There, you should be able to browse your boot log
as well as kernel startup log.

Good luck.

reddazz · 05-15-2005, 07:24 PM

You can use the dmesg command to see the messages that were printed onscreen during boot up.