On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos at likley.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 13:02 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote: > > I have this in my syslog.conf : > > > > # Save boot messages also to boot.log > > local7.* > > Mine says: > > # Save boot messages also to boot.log > local7.* /var/log/boot.log Yes my cut&paste was a little lazy ! > > > > > But did you check dmesg for kernel messages ? > > > > regards > > > dmesg only lists messages from prior to update too :-(. dmesg display the kernel internal buffer. It should be emptied when rebooting ! It is impossible to see messages prior the last reboot ! What about your other log file ? /var/log/messages is filled normaly ? > > Thanks for the reply > > Rob > > > > > On 10/28/07, Robert Slade <centos at likley.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have just updated from CentOS 4 to 5 and I am seeing a problem with > > > udev during booting, but I am unable to track it down as it looks like > > > the boot.log is not working. The file is there but empty and the > > > previous log only lists events up to the point at which I upgraded. > > > > > > syslog.conf looks ok to me in so much as there is an entry pointing > > > to /var/log/boot.log. > > > > > > Any suggestions as to what I should be looking at? > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > CentOS mailing list > > > CentOS at centos.org > > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you