shutdown errors

Does anyone know where there might be a log of the shutdown errors I see flash on the screen when I shutdown the system? I thought they’d be in the warning log. Or is there a way to freeze that screen so I can actually read what is happening?

Thanks

opensuse 11.4

On 07/13/2011 01:06 PM, creighton1 wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where there might be a log of the shutdown errors I see
> flash on the screen when I shutdown the system? I thought they’d be in
> the warning log. Or is there a way to freeze that screen so I can
> actually read what is happening?

If you are really in the shutdown phase, then logging is disabled at that point,
thus there will be no permanent record. I am also not aware of any way to pause
the screen.

What kinds of errors are you seeing? Usually anything that shows up during
shutdown is not really important.

On 07/13/2011 08:06 PM, creighton1 wrote:
>
> is there a way to freeze that screen so I can actually read what is happening?

use your camera/phone/etc to make a film you can play back and pause…


DD
Caveat-Hardware-Software
openSUSE®, the BMW® of operating systems!

creighton1 wrote:
> Does anyone know where there might be a log of the shutdown errors I see
> flash on the screen when I shutdown the system? I thought they’d be in
> the warning log. Or is there a way to freeze that screen so I can
> actually read what is happening?

Take a photo of the screen

On 2011-07-13 20:06, creighton1 wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where there might be a log of the shutdown errors I see
> flash on the screen when I shutdown the system? I thought they’d be in
> the warning log. Or is there a way to freeze that screen so I can
> actually read what is happening?

The logs stop at the point the disk partitions are umounted. For stopping
the process, you can hack the halt script and add a pause, enough to read
or take a photo.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)