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Neon Samurai	2008-10-03 , 12:53
Posts: 53 \| Thanked: 3 times \| Joined on Sep 2007 @ Toronto, Ontario, Canada	#431

Originally Posted by vinc17

Yes, one doesn't know why it keeps rebooting: no log, not a single error message. Ditto for the Application manager: one doesn't know what's going on when packages are installed (one doesn't even know what packages are installed), one doesn't know when something fails. While problems can often be solved after seeing logs / error messages under Unix, this is not possible here.

- there is a config file which includes the list of isntalled packages. I believe this is the source document for the GUI package manager. If you can't see the list of installed packages in your GUI app, you can instead get it from the text file directly. When upgrading between versions, I've copied this to reference when needing to know what nifty package I previously had installed. I'd give the location and name but I'm at work and can't confirm currently. Other's here will know where it is though (thought it was /etc/dpkg/ or /etc/apt/.. maybe a var. believe the file was packages.installed or similar)

- in terms of logging, I've considered adding syslogd to my install but I want to minimize what writes to the flash memory ratehr than hit the chips write limit any faster than I have too. I've had to many usb flashdrives hit there limit to rush my N810 into retirnment. You can install syslogd though if prefered.