HP t505 Administrator Guide 7 - Page 81

Uncompressing the system diagnostic files in Linux- or Unix-based systems

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NOTE: You may obtain a free copy of 7-Zip for Windows at http://www.7-zip.org/download.html. 2. Insert the USB flash drive that contains the saved system diagnostic file, and then copy Diagnostic.tgz to the desktop. 3. Right-click Diagnostic.tgz and select 7-zip > Extract files. 4. Open the newly created folder named Diagnostic and repeat step 3 on Diagnostic.tar. Uncompressing the system diagnostic files in Linux- or Unix-based systems 1. Insert the USB flash drive that contains the saved system diagnostic file, and then copy Diagnostic.tgz to the home directory. 2. Open a terminal and browse to the home directory. 3. On the command line, enter tar xvfz Diagnostic.tgz. Viewing the system diagnostic files The system diagnostic files are divided into the Commands, /var/log, and /etc folders. Viewing files in the Commands folder This table describes the files to look for in the Commands folder. Table 13-1 Commands folder files File Description demidecode.txt This file contains information on the system BIOS and graphics. dpkg_--list.txt This file lists the packages installed at the time system diagnostics were run. ps_-ef.txt This file lists the active processes at the time system diagnostics were run. Viewing files in the /var/log folder The useful file in the /var/log folder is Xorg.0.log. Viewing files in the /etc folder The /etc folder contains the file system at the time the system diagnostics were run. Using system diagnostics to troubleshoot 69

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NOTE:
You may obtain a free copy of 7-Zip for Windows at
download.html
.
2.
Insert the USB
flash
drive that contains the saved system diagnostic
file,
and then copy
Diagnostic.tgz
to the desktop.
3.
Right-click
Diagnostic.tgz
and select
7-zip
>
Extract
files
.
4.
Open the newly created folder named
Diagnostic
and repeat step 3 on
Diagnostic.tar
.
Uncompressing the system diagnostic
files
in Linux- or Unix-based systems
1.
Insert the USB
flash
drive that contains the saved system diagnostic
file,
and then copy
Diagnostic.tgz
to the home directory.
2.
Open a terminal and browse to the home directory.
3.
On the command line, enter
tar xvfz Diagnostic.tgz
.
Viewing the system diagnostic
files
The system diagnostic
files
are divided into the
Commands
,
/var/log
, and
/etc
folders.
Viewing
files
in the Commands folder
This table describes the
files
to look for in the
Commands
folder.
Table 13-1
Commands folder
files
File
Description
demidecode.txt
This
file
contains information on the system BIOS and graphics.
dpkg_--list.txt
This
file
lists the packages installed at the time system diagnostics were run.
ps_-ef.txt
This
file
lists the active processes at the time system diagnostics were run.
Viewing
files
in the /var/log folder
The useful
file
in the
/var/log
folder is
Xorg.0.log
.
Viewing
files
in the /etc folder
The
/etc
folder contains the
file
system at the time the system diagnostics were run.
Using system diagnostics to troubleshoot
69