This is a discussion on DMESG question within the lucky.openbsd.misc forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> I have two small questions: 1) When the OS generates too much messages, old messages are lost (oldest lines ...
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| I have two small questions: 1) When the OS generates too much messages, old messages are lost (oldest lines present in `dmesg` are lost). What can I do to see ALL messages ever recorded for dmesg printing? More precisely, take a look at my `dmesg`: # dmesg arp info overwritten for 193.231.39.129 by 00:90:bf:10:88:40 on vr0 arp info overwritten for 193.231.39.129 by 00:10:dc:4c:6f:6c on vr0 arp info overwritten for 193.231.39.36 by 00:15:f2:16:f8:b4 on vr0 arp info overwritten for 193.231.39.54 by 00:e0:29:9b:bc:6c on vr0 .... (and a lot of other similar messages, similar if not even identical) Most questions on this mail list require me to provide a valid output of dmesg. But if old messages are erased, how am I supposed to do this? I am not allowed to reboot the machine! The machine is supposed to be running 24/7, NO reboot allowed. 2) What do these lines mean (the lines I copied above from the output of `dmesg`)? NOTE: I'm using OpenBSD 3.8 on i386 (P4). Yours in BSDness, Gabriel George POPA |