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Table 51.1 Log Files
Description Log File
Messages from the kernel during the boot
process.
/var/log/boot.msg
Messages from the mail system.
/var/log/mail.*
Ongoing messages from the kernel and sys-
tem log daemon when running.
/var/log/messages
Hardware messages from the SaX display
and KVM system.
/var/log/SaX.log
Messages from the desktop applications cur-
rently running. Replace
user
with the actual
username.
/home/ user /
.xsession-errors
All messages from the kernel and system log
daemon assigned WARNING level or higher.
/var/log/warn
Binary file containing user login records for
the current machine session. View it with
last
.
/var/log/wtmp
Various start-up and runtime logs from the
X Window system. It is useful for debugging
failed X start-ups.
/var/log/Xorg.*.log
Directory containing YaST's actions and their
results.
/var/log/YaST2/
Directory containing Samba server and client
log messages.
/var/log/samba/
Apart from log files, your machine also supplies you with information about the running
system. See
Table 51.2: System Information .
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