maemo.org - Talk - Establish BT DUN connection from Console?

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:

Quote:

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.