How To Use the Event Log

Entering and Navigating in the Event Log Display

the event display in figure 5-1.) To display other portions of the log —preceding or following the currently visible portion—use the keys described in the following table.

Event Log Control Keys

Key

Action

[Return] or

Advance display by one page

[N] or

(next page)

[SPACE]

 

[P]Roll back display by one page (previous page)

[v] or

Advance display by one event

[D](down a line)

[^] or

Roll back display by one event

[U](up a line)

[>] or

Display last, newest page

[B] or

(bottom of log)

[E](end of log)

[T]Display the first, oldest page (top of log)

[C]Display the first page for current boot

[?] or

Display help for event log

[Shift]-[?] or

 

[H]

 

[<] or

Exit from event log back to Main menu

[Q] or

(quit)

[X]

 

 

 

This first event displayed at entry is not necessarily the first event in the log. The log may contain entries that occurred prior to the most recent reboot.

The event log holds up to 1,000 lines in chronological order, from the oldest to the newest. Each line consists of one complete event message. Once the log has received 1000 entries, it discards the current oldest line

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