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Posted Jul 8, 2010 8:28 UTC (Thu) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063)
Parent article: Ask a kernel developer

"...it is always important to provide all of the kernel log, not just the few single last lines of the error, because there might be more information a bit higher up that shows more information that the developers can use..."
Note that this also applies to text which may appear above the idiotic -----[ cut here ]----- line you sometimes see in kernel logs. There is often useful information above that line, so don't cut there.


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Posted Jul 9, 2010 11:00 UTC (Fri) by mb (subscriber, #50428) [Link]

So I'm wondering why is not being removed?
Lots of people don't like that idiotic line. It's only purpose is to scroll other important lines off-screen.

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