Re: AW: Bootup - was:tkbackplot - no output




Jeff and Markus -

 I see.  You're right!  It works!

Thanks.

Jack


Markus Meyer wrote:
> 
> Jack,
> 
> of course, you have to enter the "dmesg" command after it has booted up, on
> the command prompt.
> 
> Markus
> 
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]Im Auftrag von Jack Ensor
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Dezember 2001 21:12
> An: Multiple recipients of list
> Betreff: Re: Bootup - was:tkbackplot - no output
> 
> Jeffery -
> 
> crtl s doesn't stop the screen - it seems to ignore keyboard input.
> 
> Further, you don't have a command prompt during bootup so you can't
> enter:
> 
> dmesg | less
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Jack
> 
> Jeffrey Bell wrote:
> >
> > Jack,
> >
> > at a command prompt try:
> >
> > dmesg | less
> >
> > or you could try
> >
> > crtl s  to stop
> > ctrl q  to un-stop
> >
> > during boot. I would use the dmesg as sometimes you can't stop the
> > display of info until after a certain period.
> >
> > this will display what has scrolled by.
> >
> > On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 14:16, Jack Ensor wrote:
> > <snip..snip>
> >
> > >
> > > Another question -  When booting up Linux the processes scroll by
> > > rapidly on the screen.  Is there any way to pause the bootup like the
> > > pause/break key does in DOS and thereby enable one to read the screen
> > > messages?
> > >
> > > Jack Ensor - a determined EMC/Linux student at this point
> > >
> > --
> > Jeffrey Bell <jfbell-at-earthlink.net>
> >    -------------------------------------------------------------
> >    Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
> >                         -- Wernher von Braun --



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