[Novalug] Trouble-shooting system crash
Jon LaBadie
novalugml@jgcomp.com
Sat Aug 23 16:13:44 EDT 2014
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 04:03:46PM -0400, Jon LaBadie via Novalug wrote:
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>
> As for logs, the kernel keeps a ring buffer of its most recent messages.
> These can be accessed via the dmesg(1) command. Of course that is no
> use after a reboot.
>
> Most applications log their messages via the syslog facility (rsyslogd(8)).
> They are saved in /var/log/messages and can be read with a pager. Some
> applications also log messages in their own files, often stored under
> /var/log.
I meant to add, kernel messages are typically also logged to the
syslog facility, mixed in with those of other programs.
Jon
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