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How to check Ubuntu crash log in last session?

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Mar 15, 202670744 views
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My headless Ubuntu (11.10) crashed. When I plug in keyboard and monitor, I see an non-interactive cursor (no blink) on a black screen. SSh, telnet don't work from other machines. Ping works. I have restarted the machine. How could I check the log files of the last session, so I can know more about …

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Fix for: How to check Ubuntu crash log in last session?

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On Ubuntu (running 13.10 as of this day), the /var/log/apport.log contains crash log messages, which is rotated per configuration in /etc/logrotate.d/apport. The actual crash reports are saved in /var/crash/ -- Not sure how relevant this information…

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