Errors and warnings during booting and sleep

[zugunder]

Hi,

When booting, before the login appears, I can briefly see several warning and error messages... though the system seems to be OK.
Where should I look for logs for that?
/var/log/boot.log doesn't contain anything apart from reports on updated /etc/resolve.conf.
Browsing the log files in /var/log I bumped into some reported errors in kdm.log and prcsys.log.
Could I ask someone to explain me what they mean?

Thank you.

[eonwir]

Hi zugunder,
A possibility to see the boot messages is to type the command dmesg in a terminal, right after booting. Have a look as well in /var/log/syslog.
Also, i think you can use the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + F7 to switch to a terminal showing the messages produced during the boot sequence, like the services started, if they are ok or did fail. You can switch back to the graphical desktop by the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + F8.

[djennings]

For messages during sleep and recovery look in /var/log/pm-suspend.log

[doktor5000]

A part of the boot process is logged in /var/log/prcsys.log. Could you please post the errors which you want explained?

[zugunder]

Thank you guys for the explanations!

Could you please post the errors which you want explained?

I am working on it

BTW, I can't start bootlogd - it doesn't start on boot, and when I try to start it manually in MCC - System - System Services, it reports:

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Stopping boot logger[FAILED]
Starting boot logger bootlogdbootlogd: cannot find console device 0:0 under /dev [FAILED]

So bootlogd is always marked "Stopped" in MCC.

[zugunder]

Hi,

So here it goes
/var/log/syslog:

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Oct 15 11:43:33 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000033) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:43:33 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:43:33 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:43:33 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)
Oct 15 11:43:33 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: acl

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Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000033) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000033) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:43:35 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)

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Oct 15 11:45:13 localhost kernel: ACPI Warning: _BQC returned an invalid level (20110112/video-473)
Oct 15 11:45:13 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000033) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:45:13 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:13 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:13 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000033) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000057) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Oct 15 11:45:14 localhost kernel: ata1: EH complete
Oct 15 11:45:15 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: acl,commit=0
Oct 15 11:45:15 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: acl,commit=0
Oct 15 11:45:21 localhost kernel: ACPI Exception: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000033) is beyond end of object (20110112/exoparg2-418)
Oct 15 11:45:21 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.STBR] (Node ffff880137a5a2a8), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:21 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCDD._BCM] (Node ffff880137a53578), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
Oct 15 11:45:21 localhost kernel: ACPI Error: Evaluating _BCM failed (20110112/video-365)

BTW, does this log contain everything displayed on the screen during booting? The problem that I do not have enough time to read from the screen, but I can see the familiar word "ERROR".
The errors seem to be all about the same as far as I can understand...

Thank you.

[zugunder]

/var/log/prcsys.log:

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Setting CPU frequency settings: [  OK  ]
Starting ccs-auditd: /bin/bash: ccs-auditd: command not found
[FAILED]
Retrigger failed udev events[  OK  ]
...
Starting ntpd: [  OK  ]
Stopping boot logger[FAILED]
Total time: 15 seconds

Do I understand it correctly that bootlogger daemon should be started at boot and terminated after booting is completed?

Thank you.