Thanks Brian for the great info! Hardy --- Brian Truter <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When I boot into run level 3 I can see all the > boot > > steps being OK'd, but one towards the end gets > > "Failed" but it disappears before I can see just > what > > failed. How do I see _what_ failed? > > > > When it finally boots and I log in, I did "dmesg | > > less", but I'm not sure what I'm looking for. I > > searched for "error" and found these: > > > > <snip> > > > > vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with error -6 > > apm: BIOS not found. > > > > <snip> > > > > Initializing Cryptographic API > > ksign: Installing public key data > > Loading keyring > > - Added public key 9488DB81FF525AA3 > > - User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key) > > ksign: invalid packet (ctb=00) > > Unable to load default keyring: error=74 > > pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 > > > > and that's it. Is there another place to view the > > "Failed" boot errors? And, how do I correct these > two > > "error"s above? > > > > TIA. > > > > Hardy Merrill > > > > vesafb is the Framebuffer, used for the fancy boot > spash screens, etc. > Maybe you dont have support for this compiled into > your kernel? Usually it > is loaded by adding parameters to the kernel line in > your boot manager > (grub/lilo). You could disable it there if you dont > want/use it. > > apm is Advanced Power Management, which seems to be > disabled in your BIOS. > You can disable the service also if you dont use it. > > Both of these look like dmesg notifications, and > neither is critical. Your > kernel likes to probe everything when it > initializes, and it is just > reporting what it is doing. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
