No boot-time logs exists at this time in Hardy
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubuntu-minimal
In the current build of Hardy there is no kind of boot log, ie a log of all the messages shown during boot.
There are a couple of bugs in the (two, I think) packages that provide boot-log functionality that I'd like to link here (either would fix this) but I can't find right now. I hope someone in triage can help. However, this is a bug in the entire distribution, not a duplicate of those, because they are sufficient but not necessary; this one can be fixed by another temporary solution, for instance.
I think even a makeshift solution would do for now, even if it's mildly inconvenient or buggy. A boot-time parameter could enable/disable it.
I hesitate to mark this as a security vulnerability. It's not really a vulnerability in a package, but it's a (lacking) vital security tool: without a boot log it's very hard to notice error messages (and thus potential security issues) during the boot time.
It's also pretty hard to debug any start-up issues---if any of the developers can help with a note of how they manage to find out what's wrong with, eg, initrd scrips, please leave a note here.
I attached this to ubuntu-minimal, as I think this functionality is critical to a running system, but feel free to move it somewhere more appropriate.
(This is here since Gutsy, actually. I'd think it an important issue for a LTS release.)
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One of the bugs I mentioned above is https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/upstart/ +bug/98955 /answers. launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +question/ 11985
There's also a question on this subject: https:/