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

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On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 10:40, anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 10:11, anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com> wrote:
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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.
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>> On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 15:03, Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
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>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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>>> > 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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