How to read the Log file of booting sequence when Knoppix can't boot?

**Werner P. Schulz** · 02-13-2013, 06:42 PM

In Werner's post #6, the mv operation must be done as root to be effective.

Within the final DEBUG shell you are root; type "whoami" to verify it.

**rajibando** · 02-14-2013, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by Werner P. Schulz

Are there not "messages" and "syslog"? Besides I have daemon.log and kern.log.

None! What do I do next?

**Werner P. Schulz** · 02-14-2013, 08:41 AM

What's the output from

Code:

ls -la /etc/syslog*

**rajibando** · 02-14-2013, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by Werner P. Schulz

What's the output from ls -la /etc/syslog*

There are two files: one is what we renamed as .orig and the other being syslog.conf . Do you want me to rename the syslog.conf file like we did for the file syslog-knoppix.conf?

**Werner P. Schulz** · 02-14-2013, 12:05 PM

Curious! Why don't you get '/var/log/message' and '/var/log/syslog'?

The script stops at init 5, just after displaying the Tux in Vitruvian pose.

Can you see the wallpaper after "Tux in Vitruvian pose" or what happens otherwise?

**rajibando** · 02-14-2013, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by Werner P. Schulz

...Can you see the wallpaper after "Tux in Vitruvian pose" or what happens otherwise?

Tux remains in the pose forever! But alt+Ctrl+F2 takes me to the console.

Originally Posted by Werner P. Schulz

... Curious! Why don't you get '/var/log/message' and '/var/log/syslog'?

I don't know whether booting using cloop makes any difference, but my desktop also doesn't have these message and syslog files.

**Werner P. Schulz** · 02-14-2013, 12:58 PM

.. but my desktop also doesn't have these message and syslog files.

You'll only get these logfiles, if Knoppix cannot find a file called '/etc/syslog-knoppix.conf'.

**Werner P. Schulz** · 02-14-2013, 01:58 PM

I've looked over your Xorg.log.0, but I'm not expert for graphic card problems; perhaps this may help:
Video-detection-wrong-resolution

**rajibando** · 02-14-2013, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Werner P. Schulz

I've looked over your Xorg.log.0 ... this may help:
Video-detection-wrong-resolution

I didn't believe the video would be the culprit once again. I had cracked this once in Debian Lenny. Since my desktop had no problem with nvidia card with the Knoppix DVD, I did not assume my laptop, which also has an nvidia card, will have a problem with the same DVD.
I know the code for fbdev and vesa, so used it and was booted into the graphical display.
Thanks.
But this setup is bare-minimal and does not have the snazzy effects of compiz fusion plugin.

**rajibando** · 02-15-2013, 07:27 AM

What I find is that the concerned graphics cards' chipsets are different. Perhaps this is why Knoppix can't boot into graphical display.
Maybe future versions will, I hope!