How do you monitor startup messages in Ubuntu?

[Jeffrey Tooker]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
>  
>   
>> A bit of extra info which may be related to the black screen noted
>> above. It all seems to have to do with xorg. About 75% of the time the
>> system boots all the way to login screen, normal black screen ((for me)
>> bootup.. After login the system screen goes black and resolution changes
>> to 800 X 600 (my preferred resolution) and the desktop comes up. This is
>> my normal bootup.
>>
>>  From time to time (~20%) after the login screen in an normal (for me)
>> bootup the screen will not go black and stays at default resolution and
>> desktop comes up. I then go <Control><Alt><Bk Sp> the system reverts to
>> login screen, I log in and system comes up to desktop in 800 X 600
>> resolution. This is a normal (for me) bootup with one restart.
>>     
>
> You're venturing into barely understood territory for me here, but it seems
> from the way my system starts up that (and from the X logs) that X tries
> modelines in sequence until it finds one that works.  Consequently, if
> there are modes you never use, remove them from the xorg.conf.
>   
Derek:

Made Google search per your last post. I found this:

http://linuxgazette.net/issue86/tag/1.html

About midway down it had a suggestion about changing primary video in 
bios. I found this logical as the same 7.10 disk in my other computer 
works well. I changed my bios primary video from integrated to PCI. 
System boots much faster and has booted straight up three times in a 
row. I will keep watching bootups. Bootup screen still black. Found an 
email under this thread that said <Cont><Alt><F1> for startup messages. 
I did this and the messages came up. Is there a command to incorporate 
<Cont><Alt><F1> into system bootup? I would much rather have messages 
than a progress bar.

Thx.
Jeffrey