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Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log

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Thanks very much; it will take me some time to understand your advice. I
will revert as soon as I can.

On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 15:03, Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, 24. September 2020, 15:45:47 CEST schrieb Greg Wooledge:
> I believe, the op wants to look it as easy as possible. So I suggest
> kwrite
> (if he has plasma5 aka KDE installed).
>
> You must got the correct rights. Either you start plasma as root, then you
> can
> just start kwrite and open the log file. or, ifr you start plasma as
> normal
> user, do this:
>
>
> Start a konsole (like xterm, konsole, uxterm)
>
> then type in "su -p" (without quotes) and enter the password of root.
>
> and last start "kwrite" in this konsole
>
> Now you can open your logfile.
>
> If you are using another window-manager like GNOME, LXDE, Enligtenment
> whatever, it might got another graphical editor.
>
> Note: Every graphical application can be started with higher rights from
> the
> konsole (or terminal, how others may call it), by getting higher rights
> with
> su -p.  (the -p stands for "preserve actual environment).
>
> Good luck
>
> Hans
>
>
>
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 09:59:57AM +0100, anthony gennard wrote:
> > > I am looking at the contents of my boot log file; when trying to get
> out
> > > of
> > > the very long file I thought Ctrl + c should do it - it does not and I
> > > cannot
> > > find any way. I wanted to try tail and head so see how they do. Can
> anyone
> > > please help me.
> >
> > How are you "looking at" the file?  I would suggest using less.
> >
> > You get out of less by pressing q.
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-24 15:50 +0200
  Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2020-09-24 16:10 +0200
    Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com> - 2020-09-24 18:30 +0200
      Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com> - 2020-09-25 11:50 +0200
      Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com> - 2020-09-25 11:50 +0200

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