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YaST offers the possibility to send a support request directly by e-mail to
the SUSE team. Registration is required first. Start by entering the required
data — your registration code is located at the back of the CD cover. Re-
garding your query, select the problem category in the following window
and provide a description of the problem (Figure 2.21). Also read the YaST
help text, which explains how best to describe the problem so the support
team can help you.
Figure 2.21: Submitting a Support Request
2.9.2 Boot Log
The boot log contains the screen messages displayed when the computer
is started. It is logged to /var/log/boot.msg. Use this YaST module to
view the log, for example, to check if all services and functions were started
as expected.
2.9.3 System Log
The system log logs the operations of your computer to /var/log/
messsages. Kernel messages are recorded here, sorted according to date
and time.
106 2.9. Miscellaneous