Re: Bootup - was:tkbackplot - no output

[Jeffrey Bell <jfbell-at-earthlink.net>]

I think you misunderstood me.

I was trying to tell you after bootup, from the terminal or from an
x-terminal (after login) issue the: 

dmesg|less

The "ctrl s" or "ctrl q" will work only towards the end of the boot
process. Thats why I said to use the dmesg|less instead.

Give it another try.

command and it will work.

On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 15:12, Jack Ensor wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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Jeffrey Bell <jfbell-at-earthlink.net>
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