On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 11:39:02PM +0000, Raymond Kelly wrote:
> Tom Mackey wrote:
> > As another beginner, (who also had lots of problems getting X to work) could I
> > be bold enough to make a suggestion??
> > To save the output of your xserver to a file, say "xlog.txt" type
> > X > xlog.txt 2>&1 Then type less xlog.txt
> > You might see some messages that would help.
>> alternately just use SHIFT + PG UP to scroll back up the screen so you
> could just see the errors, fewer keystrokes for the lazy :)
Doesn't always work. Certainly on non-frame-buffer setups, the scrollback
buffer gets clears when you switch virtual consoles. This happens as
part of X initialisation as it switches over to console 7. Usually I
only get a couple of lines of scrollback when X dies at init, and that's
only because of the stuff that was printed _after_ X switched back to
the text console.
Moral is stick with the re-direct and less method above.
Later,
Kenn
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