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Thread: where to check when the have been switch on, poweroff and restart?

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    where to check when the have been switch on, poweroff and restart?

    my box recently restarted and shut down abnormally (in the late night when i am not using it. the system log doesn't tell the time it was powered on, shut down or restart. is there anyway to get the information?
    Ubuntu 7.10 on P4 1.8G and PIII 933mHz

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    Re: where to check when the have been switch on, poweroff and restart?

    There are messges in "/var/log" . Look at "/var/log/messages" and look for your error.
    Also 'dmesg' some some error messages maybe of value. Type that from a Terminal.

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