help needed to enable boot.log in Hardy Heron

[Karl Larsen]

Vitorio Okio wrote:
> I badly need to log all the messages I see on my screen upon the boot 
> process. 
>
> Please, do not advise me of any system logs. I'm aware of their 
> existence :-> and they are missing the specific messages I do see (but 
> too fast) upon the boot.
>
> The number of scripts are installed by default in Hardy that are supposed 
> to do the job.  
>
> >From what I found I'm supposed to edit /etc/default/bootlogd file and to 
> change the following line:
>
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=No
> to
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes.
>
> This did not work and as I found rightfully, since this file is read by /
> etc/init.d/bootlogd script and the script in its turn is supposed to run 
> the actual bootlogd program.  
>
> Unfortunately bootlogd is not installed in Hardy (Why the hell they did 
> then installed scripts for it by default is out of my comprehension. 
> Probably they just wanted to add some confusion. :->). 
>
> To install the program I am advised to install sysvinit from the 
> repository.  But when I marked it for install in Synaptic it gave the 
> following long list of things to be removed:
>
> friendly-recovery, startup-tasks, system-services, ubuntu-minimal, 
> upstart, upstart-compat-sysv, and upstart-logd.
>
> The list suggests that by doing so I will rather screw down my system.
>
> Any suggestions folks?  The file /var/log/boot exists but empty. Help me 
> to fill it in, please.  I googled it half a day without any result.
>
>
>   
    I gather you did file a bug? I checked my /var/log/boot and it is 
empty like yours.

Karl


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