[ale] Linux shut down log file question

[Dow Hurst]

Tim,
I didn't see you get an answer:

When SUSE or most distro's shutdown, they are running scripts that 
control services.  The services or daemons normally write to their own 
logfiles or syslog.  Also, the kernel will output messages to klogd or 
syslog.  klogd and syslog normally write to /var/log/messages.  That 
file is where you will find 99% of what your looking for.  There is also 
a /var/log/boot.log that SUSE has, other distros may or may not.  SUSE 
splits logging up a bunch of ways and most is all in /var/log.  SUSE 
even has a boot.omsg file for the previous boot, which can be very 
helpful if you changed something to get booted.

dmesg is a command that will concatenate to the screen by default the 
boot messages normally output to the console.  You can look in 
/var/log/boot.log with a text editor like vi or redirect dmesg to a file:

dmesg > /tmp/mybootlog.txt

and then look at that in vi or "less"

Sometimes messages are produced on the console by a daemon that doesn't 
write it to a log file or to syslogd.  Increasing the logging level of a 
daemon or the kernel is possible.  You'd have to read up on the docs on 
how to do that for any given daemon or the kernel docs for it.
Dow


Tim Erwin wrote:
> I am trying to install a Linksys wireless PCI adapter on my SuSe 
> machine. SuSe 10 allows me to do so, and my connection to the internet 
> works fine...until I shut down. During shutdown, there is a message 
> that displays some kind of error about the interface "ra1" (which is 
> then configuration entry that seems to take the place of my old 
> "eth0", the wired NIC).
>
> I've looked at all the log files that YaST displays in its GUI, but 
> there must be a shutdown log file somewhere.
>
> Can anyone tell me where to find such a log file?
>
> Thanks. I need to get past this problem in order to get to my 
> Hauppauge PCR 150 problem (which doesn't work in xawtv or kdetv).
>   -Tim
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