Re: port-i386/40030: USB Keyboard not recognized, intermittently works

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 06:13:31PM -0600, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
>> The boot log/dmesg output (both when it works and when it doesn't)
>> would probably be a start.
>
> Alright, I can try to provide the output when it works, but I'm not sure 
> how to provide it when it doesn't. Obviously, I can't access the boot log 
> or run dmesg when I can't even login, so I'm not sure the best way to get 
> the output.

It should all go to /var/log/messages each time; you can get it from
there.

Another option is to temporarily add something like

   dmesg > /var/log/dmesg.`date +%s`

to /etc/rc.local. That will dump it to e.g. /var/log/dmesg.1227831593,
where the number is the current time from each boot. Then you can pick
the ones you want.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost