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On Thu, 25 Jul 2024, 01:46 home user via users, <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 7/24/24 5:20 PM, John Horne via users wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-07-24 at 14:08 -0600, home user via users wrote:
>> On 7/24/24 9:40 AM, Joe Wulf via users wrote:
>>
>>> 1. Look through the output of 'sudo dmesg' or just 'dmesg' when logged in
>>> as root. Another option is to review '/var/log/boot.log', assuming it is
>>> accumulating records when the system is booting (check
>>> /etc/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf). 'journalctl' might also be a viable option
>>> (see man pages for each of these).
>>
>> I had already looked at both boot.log and the boot log file for today. No
>> hint as to which entries were teal-colored during boot. dmesg does some
>> colorization, but it was different than what I saw during boot. Likewise
>> journalctl. So I am unable to distinguish messages that I should pay
>> attention to. It might help to know that I am not a sysadmin.
>>
>> There is no /etc/rsyslog/ directory. rsyslog.conf is in /etc/.
>>
>>> In general, I wouldn't know why a 'teal' color is just now appearing for
>>> certain boot messages. However, a few thoughts come to mind: Your monitor
>>> is changing performance, or maybe the graphics card for your system is
>>> changing its performance (i.e. degrading)... maybe. Or something
>>> configuration-wise was done locally to your system, or a new RPM package
>>> made an untoward adjustment.
>>
>> Not a monitor issue: everything looks as it should when using the work
>> station.
>> Not a graphics card issue; same reason.
>> I also checked memory (MemTest86+); no hint of trouble.
>> I also checked the hard drive with GSmartControl; no hint of trouble.
>> I have no real doubt that the teal coloration is deliberate color coding like
>> that of "ls", but with a separate or different colorization scheme.
>>
>>> As for catching the messages visually, consider using your cell and
>>> recording the video of the boot cycle and then reviewing it during playback
>>> to //maybe// stop the motion and see something which otherwise goes by too
>>> fast. I've done this before and its sometimes valuable, and othertimes the
>>> screen clears/scrolls milliseconds after the necessary message. But, a
>>> combination of cellphone video and reviewing dmesg output might bring you
>>> very close to seeing messages which are relevant to your issue.
>>
>> I have neither cell phone nor camcorder nor camera. I have no way to capture
>> the boot screens.
>>
>>> 2. Likely your bash user session has 'dircolors' enabled, and especially
>>> via aliases configured via ${HOME}/.bashrc. You can modify that file to
>>> suit your tastes (suggest making a backup copy first).
>>>
>>> R,
>>> -Joe
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 11:16:21 AM EDT, home user via users
>>> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> (f39 workstation; 6.9.9-100.fc39.x86_64)
>>>
>>> Since last patching my stand-alone workstation last Thursday (July 18),
>>> I've been seeing messages during boot that are colored some strange color
>>> between green and blue (I'm calling it "teal"). Other boot message text is
>>> gray. I don't recall seeing "teal" messages before during boot. The
>>> messages scroll by too fast to catch what they're saying.
>>>
>>> question #1
>>> How do I find these "teal" boot messages so I can actually see what they're
>>> saying? "System Log", "Logs", "vim", "more", "less", "cat", "gvim" all do
>>> not show color. (I'm using gnome.)
>>>
>>> question #2
>>> When I do "ls", the output is colored:
>>> * some bluish color for directories;
>>> * magenta for image and video files;
>>> * green for "ordinary" (text, LibreOffice, PDF, etc.) data files;
>>> * bold green for executable files;
>>> and so on. The colors mean something. What does the "teal" in the boot
>>> logs mean?
>>> --
>>
> Hi,
>
> If it's any help, then I see the same thing - a teal colour for some boot
> messages. I just took it as a startup change between Fedora 39 and 40.
> (BTW, 'teal' seems a good description of the colour.)
I'm at f39, so it's not something new to f40.
If it helps, the teal messages seem to be multi-line (long).
> I'll see if I can catch a message or two next time I boot up. The coloured
> services are probably going to be found in systemd somewhere.
>
That could help. It would help me know what to look for in the logs.
> John.
>
> --
> John Horne | Senior Operations Analyst | Technology and Information Services
> University of Plymouth | Drake Circus | Plymouth | Devon | PL4 8AA | UK
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