Thanks for the replies, but like I said, I've looked at all the log files, including the ones suggested and can't not find the error message. Now, does the message get re-written in another form or something? In other words, is the screen message in English and the log files in geek? > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:04:34 -0500 > From: "Michael Weber" <mweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Boot Log Messages > Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Greetings! > > Near the end of the boot process, one of the boot > scripts, rc.sysinit, > runs the command "rc.sysinit:dmesg -s 131072 > > /var/log/dmesg". So, the > file in /var/log is just that, a file. > > This is because of what the dmesg command does. It > dumps the kernel > ring buffer message fifo. Note that it is a fifo. > As the kernel runs, > this fifo will eventually get overwritten and the > boot stuff will be > lost. So running the dmesg command will give you > the current contents > of the fifo. looking at /var/log/dmesg will give > you the contents of > the fifo as it looked near the end of the boot > process. > > Clear as mud? > > -Michael > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
