SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED 10) - Deployment Guide

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45.1 Finding Information

Linux logs things in a fair amount of detail. There are several places to look when you have problems with an SLED system, most of which are standard to Linux systems in general and some of which are peculiar to SUSE and SLED systems.

The following is a list of the most commonly checked log files and what they typically contain.

Log File	Description
/var/log/boot.msg	Messages from the kernel during the boot process.
/var/log/mail.*	Messages from the mail system.
/var/log/messages	Ongoing messages from the kernel and system log daemon when running.
/var/log/SaX.log	Hardware messages from the SaX display and KVM system.
/home/user/.xsession-errors	Messages from the desktop applications currently running. Replace user with the actual username.
/var/log/warn	All messages from the kernel and system log daemon assigned WARNING level or higher.
/var/log/wtmp	Binary file containing user login records for the current machine session. View it with `last`.
/var/log/Xorg.*.log	Various start-up and runtime logs from the X Window system. It is useful for debugging failed X start-ups.
/var/log/YaST2/	Directory containing YaST's actions and their results.
/var/log/samba/	Directory containing Samba server and client log messages.

Linux comes with a number of tools for system analysis and monitoring. See Section 13.0, System Monitoring Utilities for a selection of the most important ones used in system diagnostics.

Each scenario included in the following begins with a header describing the problem followed by a paragraph or two offering suggested solutions, available references for more detailed solutions, and cross-references to other scenarios that might be related.

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