Thread: Establish BT DUN connection from Console?
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lm2 is offline lm2
2010-05-01 , 21:26
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Figured it out after searching for a while and piecing together clues.

In case it helps someone else:

1. Add diablo tools to application catalog.
2. Open xterm. Get root. install sysklogd:

Code:
apt-get install sysklogd
3. start syslog:

Code:
/etc/init.d/sysklogd start
4. Do what you want to get system log of. So I established a bluetooth dun connection.

5. Stop syslog:

Code:
/etc/init.d/sysklogd stop
6. copy created syslog to Documents:

Code:
cp /var/log/syslog /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/
7. install emelfm2 and then launch as root (so open new xterm; gain root; then type "emelfm2" and hit return.)

8. In emelfm2, navigate to syslog file located in /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/.

9. Copy contents and paste into a note or email.

10. Voila.

11. This post issues this warning about syslog:

note that when you don't need syslog, it's best to remove it and rm /var/log/syslog*. Syslog has some log file rotation, but with time it can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process, it can become so full that the device fails to boot.
so I entered the following in xterm (because I wasn't sure what the * meant, I entered both the following):

Code:
rm /var/log/syslog
rm /var/log/syslog*
then I checked the /var/log directory and the syslog was in fact gone.

Hope this helps someone in the future.
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Last edited by lm2; 2010-05-01 at 21:44.
 

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