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

From	anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log
Date	2020-09-25 11:50 +0200
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 10:11, anthony gennard <agennae@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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