On Wednesday 30 August 2006 13:50, John Kelly wrote: > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:35:12 -0700, tom arnall <kloro2006@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > >Is there another place where bootup messages are recorded? > > Does your /etc/default/bootlogd say: > > # Run bootlogd at startup ? > > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes > > That captures additional messages in /var/log/boot > > Be cautious though, if using a serial console. With bootlogd enabled, > I had one system lock up at boot, when using a serial console. thanks for the info. indeed it works: /var/log/boot has all the boot messages. now for the messages of interest. i have been getting them as of ~1 month ago. their appearance coincided with the appearance of another phenomenon: my system momentarily hangs every 4 mins 2 secs exactly. by 'momentarily hangs' i mean the CPU usage jumps to 50-99% usage (by events/0) and the system doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse input. this lasts for about 1 second. the messages are these, abbreviated somewhat: Remounting filesystems. /dev/hda1 not found in PARTITIONS. / not found in PARTITIONS. Checking /dev/hda1 against HD because PARTITIONS contains "auto". Considering /dev/hda. /dev/hda1 contains /dev/hda, which is in HD, so we will remount it. Considering /dev/hdb. o o o Considering /dev/sdg. Considering /dev/sdh. Original options: rw,notail Reducing file system type. No saved mount options, so apparently we never remounted this filesystem during this session. Not remounting. Executing: blockdev --setra 256 /dev/hda1 proc not found in PARTITIONS. /proc not found in PARTITIONS. Checking proc against HD because PARTITIONS contains "auto". Considering /dev/hda. Considering /dev/hdb. o o o Considering /dev/sdf. Considering /dev/sdg. Considering /dev/sdh. sysfs not found in PARTITIONS. /sys not found in PARTITIONS. Checking sysfs against HD because PARTITIONS contains "auto". Considering /dev/hda. Considering /dev/hdb. o o o Considering /dev/sdf. Considering /dev/sdg. Considering /dev/sdh. devpts not found in PARTITIONS. /dev/pts not found in PARTITIONS. Checking devpts against HD because PARTITIONS contains "auto". Considering /dev/hda. Considering /dev/hdb. o o o Considering /dev/sdh. tmpfs not found in PARTITIONS. /dev/shm not found in PARTITIONS. Checking tmpfs against HD because PARTITIONS contains "auto". Considering /dev/hda. Considering /dev/hdb. o o o Considering /dev/sdg. Considering /dev/sdh. usbfs not found in PARTITIONS. /proc/bus/usb not found in PARTITIONS. Checking usbfs against HD because PARTITIONS contains "auto". Considering /dev/hda. Considering /dev/hdb. o o o Considering /dev/sdg. Considering /dev/sdh. Setting spindown timeout on drives to 7200 seconds. (hdparm configuration value = 244.) Querying /dev/hda media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'ata' detected Querying /dev/hda media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'ata' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting standby to 244 (2 hours) Querying /dev/hdb media type using device name: failed - unknown name Querying /dev/hdb type using hdparm: type 'disk' on bus 'ata' detected Querying /dev/hdb media type using device name: failed - unknown name Querying /dev/hdb type using hdparm: type 'disk' on bus 'ata' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/hdb /dev/hdb: No such device or address Querying /dev/hdc media type using device name: type 'cd' on bus 'ata' detected Skipping /dev/hdc: idle timeout control not supported. Querying /dev/hdd media type using device name: failed - unknown name o o o Querying /dev/hdh media type using device name: failed - unknown name Querying /dev/hdh type using hdparm: type 'disk' on bus 'ata' detected Querying /dev/hdh media type using device name: failed - unknown name Querying /dev/hdh type using hdparm: type 'disk' on bus 'ata' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/hdh /dev/hdh: No such device or address Querying /dev/sda media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Querying /dev/sda media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/sda /dev/sda: No such device or address Querying /dev/sdb media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Querying /dev/sdb media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: No such device or address o o o Querying /dev/sdg media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Querying /dev/sdg media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/sdg /dev/sdg: No such device or address Querying /dev/sdh media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Querying /dev/sdh media type using device name: type 'disk' on bus 'scsi' detected Executing: hdparm -S 244 /dev/sdh /dev/sdh: No such device or address thanks in advance, tom arnall north spit, ca -- VGER BF report: U 0.500196 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
