[NTLUG:Discuss] Logging Question

[Dennis Myhand]

Jay Urish set me straight on what I needed to be looking at, and I 
located the problem from that information.  I had a processor fan fail 
and I will replace that this afternoon.  /var/log/messages was stating 
that cpu0 was overheating.  Except for the fact that the processor was 
overheating, it was neat to see how it worked.  I will keep your 
suggestion in mind, though.  Thanks, Dennis

Wayne Walker wrote:
> If there is nothing in /var/log/messages, then log into the machine from
> another machine and run "tty".
>
> now edit /etc/syslog.conf
>
> add a line like this using the response from tty:
>
> *.*		/dev/pts/6            
>
> restart syslog
>
> /etc/init.d/syslog restart
>
> Now all messages sent via syslog will go to that tty and therefore will
> be seen in that login window after the machine shuts down.
>
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 04:32:51PM -0600, Dennis Myhand wrote:
>   
>> Is there a way I can turn something on which will log what is happening 
>> on a machine which shuts down at random?  I am having a little problem 
>> and I want to find out what is going on.  Thanks, Dennis
>>
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