On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 13:02 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote:
> > I have this in my syslog.conf :
> >
> > # Save boot messages also to boot.log
> > local7.*
>
> Mine says:
>
> # Save boot messages also to boot.log
> local7.* /var/log/boot.log
Yes my cut&paste was a little lazy !
>
> >
> > But did you check dmesg for kernel messages ?
> >
> > regards
>
>
> dmesg only lists messages from prior to update too :-(.
dmesg display the kernel internal buffer. It should be emptied when rebooting !
It is impossible to see messages prior the last reboot !
What about your other log file ?
/var/log/messages is filled normaly ?
>
> Thanks for the reply
>
> Rob
>
> >
> > On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have just updated from CentOS 4 to 5 and I am seeing a problem with
> > > udev during booting, but I am unable to track it down as it looks like
> > > the boot.log is not working. The file is there but empty and the
> > > previous log only lists events up to the point at which I upgraded.
> > >
> > > syslog.conf looks ok to me in so much as there is an entry pointing
> > > to /var/log/boot.log.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions as to what I should be looking at?
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
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